Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Northern Michigan University

The North Wind

The North Wind

The North Wind

OPINION — Beginner's ski safety

OPINION — Beginner’s ski safety

Megan Poe February 23, 2024

Just three weeks ago, in a much warmer place than Marquette, a woman spent the night trapped on a gondola ski lift after an error made by the lift operator. In Lake Tahoe, California, the temperature dropped...

Photo by Emma Case

Catching Flight

Noah Hausmann January 25, 2018

The ski jumpers shoulder their 8-foot skis and climb up the narrow stairs to the top of the 300-foot Suicide Hill. From the top, the crowd of spectators appear to be the size of bugs. There’s an ambulance...

Three Nordic skiers honored after season

Dustin Anand April 4, 2013

The Northern Michigan University Nordic ski team receives regional skier of the year honors. Junior Rosie Frankowski and junior Erik Soderman were awarded regional skier of the year awards along with...

Skiers triumph at NCAA Regionals

Dustin Anand February 28, 2013

The Northern Michigan University men’s Nordic skiing team won the NCAA Central Region title in the NCAA Regional last weekend, while the women’s team placed second. The ’Cats traveled to Houghton,...

Load More Stories