The Voreis's Bring The Lady Love To Copper Harbor, Michigan

Copper Harbor, Michigan juts out into giant Lake Superior at the top of the United States. There is a magic about this town with 90 full-time residents. The scenery, the people, the bugs and the bike trails blew us away and hooked our hearts. (The bugs tried to eat our hearts). Kirt (Voreis) and I were lucky enough to experience this great place when I partnered with the Copper Harbor Trails Club to create the first ever Copper Harbor Women's Weekend mountain bike clinics. From Friday-Sunday we had 60 women on mountain bikes learning new skills, improving their confidence and shredding magnificent trails. We definitely left our mark on this magical place, and we'll be coming back for more! Everyone should put Copper Harbor on the list of must ride destinations!!

** Due to popular demand we added a clinic for men with Kirt. It sold out. Men like clinics too. They were pretty stoked.

Kirt demonstrates how to unweight over obstacles during the coaches training. Uhm not exactly what I meant. hmmm

Not exactly what I meant during the coaches training when I asked Kirt to demonstrate unweighting over the logs. The coaches wondered if they were going to have to demonstrate it that way. hee hee

Ladies laugh a lot when bonding over bikes.

Ladies always laugh when playing bikes and being inspired. Ladies on mountain bikes: 60. Copper Harbor population: 90. You do the math.

Angi shows the girls how to descend steeps.

You'll have to take one of the clinics to see why Angi carries a rubber chicken.

Kirt shows his clinic boys how to catch air.

Kirt showing the boys racer moves.

Lindsey demonstrates the teeter totter. Teaches them how to pause balance and push through.

Lindsey demonstrating the teeter totter.

Shuttle full of bikes and pretty nameplates instead of race numbers

A shuttle full of colorful nameplates. Not number plates. Awe. Love.

Ladies practicing getting their wheels off the ground.

Boing Boing go the ladies. Hop it like it's hot.

They call me coach Lindsey. I m so grateful for the women I meet through mountain biking. Life changing.

They call me coach Lindsey. I'm so lucky to meet the women I meet through mountain biking.

Muddy nameplates. Sweet.

Getting your wheels off the ground is fun

Angi says this before we take group photos sometimes: "Make the face you made when you first caught air!" - I am thinking this is the face she made.

Lindsey Teaching the ladies how climb up steep rock faces.

Lindsey teaching rock slab climbing.

Lori who made this clinic happen gets her group ready to go over the basics.

I could not have made this clinic happen without Copper Harbor Trails Club and Lori Hauswirth!

Could not have made it happen without this woman. Sara Salo Sara rode her bike around the country last year to promote healthier food in schools. www.schoolfoodtour.org - This winter she asked if I wanted to host a clinic in Copper Harbor. This summer we made magic.

Definitely couldn't have made it happen without this woman. Sara Salo. Rode her bike across the US promoting healthier food in schools. She called and asked if I wanted to run a clinic in Copper Harbor. Then we made magic.

Not a bad lunch spot. Lake Superior.

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3 Comments

RyanTomac (Aug 8, 2013 at 16:40)

Can't wait to get up therethere

Triber66 (Aug 8, 2013 at 19:45)

Planning on going mid September, hopefully the weather holds up, Copper Harbor is Amazing!

xmothersuperiorx (Aug 9, 2013 at 5:24)

Some of my best memories on a bike were at Copper Harbor.