MARQUETTE, MI-- Female outdoor enthusiasts and the Department of Natural Resources are gearing up for this year’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman winter program.
U.P. BOW coordinator Sharon Pitz says the program is a chance for women to try such activities as cross-country skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding and snow shoeing in a pressure-free environment.
“Women can get together and not be intimidated and learn a new sport, you know, because most of the classes are taught by women,” she says. “There are a few male instructors there, but it just makes it a non-threatening, non-competitive-type way that they can basically learn a new sport and of course also make new friends.”
The BOW takes place Friday, February 28 through Sunday, March 2 at Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay.
Pitz urges people to sign up soon, as the majority of the program’s 80 spots are already taken.
For more information go to www.michigan.gov/bow or call 228-6561.
