A four-season historic wilderness resort at the top of the Keweenaw, est. in 1934
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake,” — Henry David Thoreau — Last night’s moonlit snowshoe hike felt like a dream – it was truly a magical night for all. About a month ago, the Outdoor Activities team at the Lodge was discussing different adventures to do this winter season and that …
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With nearly 15 feet of snow so far this season I thought it might be a good time to reflect back on “greener” times and review last year’s biking and hiking season at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. In the summer of 2020 we changed the “Pro Shop” to the Outdoor Activity Center (OAC). Hiking, biking, …
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As the new year begins in earnest, Chef Wi and the KML kitchen team are excited to introduce a daytime culinary treat; rustic worldly in-house soup and bread. Now available from 11:30am-4:30pm, seven days a week in the Little Cabin Cafe, you can take a break from your outdoor adventures or simply pause from the …
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Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s holiday! Are you looking for a chef-prepared Christmas or New Year’s meal? Our dining services will be open the normal hours during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Little Cabin Cafe, 8am – 5pm and the Dining Room 4:30pm –9pm. 4:30pm & 6pm are the two …
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Our second photography workshop in our series focusing on photographing the northern lights was a success. We had 4 people participate in the session (limit is 5 persons), along with myself and the instructor, Nathan Bett. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate with us for being able to get some practical experience following the instructional portion …
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We are now shifting into our northern lights season with workshops, and held our first northern lights photo workshop this past Saturday, November 6th. We had three night sky photography workshops during the summer, and a fall color photo workshop in October. This northern lights photo workshop is a nice transition into the winter, where …
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We held a workshop on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 that covered light management, and what we are working on at the Lodge to foster dark-skies at the Lodge and in the Keweenaw. The Lodge has been working to reduce it’s light pollution on the dark sky for the past year or so. KML staff member, …
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“Bad weather makes good photography” …is one of Ansel Adam’s more memorable quotes and one of the guidelines that we followed for the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge’s first annual Fall Color Photo Workshop. The idea for the workshop came together in September after the August Night Sky Photography workshop. The vision was for a team of …
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With the focus on being a resort-oriented golf course as an amenity for Lodge guests, along with being accessible to the general public, the overall condition of the golf course continued to improve again this year (reports, throughout the season, from many long-time patrons such as “the course is in the best condition they I’ve …
Enjoying the concept of rustic-wordly food took on a French motif this past week with Guest Chef Gary Marquardt in-residence as part of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge’s Guest Chef Program. This unique program brings in a guest chef to share their speciality with Lodge patrons as well as expand the skill set of our own …
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