Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog
Welcome to the Black's Cliff Resort Blog! Here, we share stories from our lakeside retreat, highlight seasonal events, and offer glimpses into the serene life of Northern Wisconsin's Northwoods. Whether you're planning your next getaway or reminiscing about past visits, our blog provides a window into the experiences that make our resort a cherished destination.
Hockey
Posted: Jan 15, 2015Excerpt: The snow is piling up here. Hard to believe just to our south folks have no snow. You need snow we have it. Holiday's picnic table full of snow. I have 3 cabins left this weekend give a call I had a nice group of UW Madison students at the resort this week enjoying the ice skating rink. Hockey... Read more
From The Mail Box
Posted: Jan 13, 2015Excerpt: It is cold outside and I have not been taking pictures because.... it is cold outside. Time to think about summer and the warm up this weekend to the 30's which will feel like a heat wave. Not long from now summer will be here and the question of how many people can get on the raft will once... Read more
Burr!
Posted: Jan 06, 2015Excerpt: Lets just say it was cold this morning. We did have school though which was an improvement from yesterday. Christmas vacation got extended one day with minus 40 wind chills. We are expecting more of the same tomorrow morning before it starts to warm up towards the weekend. Only casualty of the cold so far is two broken door... Read more
Blue Skies and Snow
Posted: Dec 30, 2014Excerpt: Clear skies and snow in the trees. Looking up is amazing the last 2 days. More snow in the forecast for light snows New Years and www.johndee.com is hinting at more than a little on January 3rd. Right now we are booked for New Years. We have 4 cabins open starting on January 2nd and 2 more open on... Read more
No Reason to Stay Home
Posted: Dec 27, 2014Excerpt: 5 to 6 more inches of snow. Time to come up and play and enjoy the Northwoods. We have cabins still open all week call for details. Troy is cleaning off the rink today and starting to flood it over night so the ice will be smoother. Snowshoe trail is ready to be tramped on. Winter Park is open... Read more
Merry Christmas
Posted: Dec 26, 2014Excerpt: Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We gathered our family for our annual Christmas Eve hockey game. With fog rolling in it quickly changed to our new favorite game Kubb A Merry Merry Christmas from the lake... Read more
Down in the Bay
Posted: Dec 23, 2014Excerpt: Troy got a Christmas present this year, a snow blower. Every year we have hand shoveled the rink off and left shovels for guests to help keep it cleaned off. It was time for an upgrade. This is one happy guy with his snowblower Enjoying his peace and quiet out on the lake by himself New snow in the... Read more
Snow Video
Posted: Dec 21, 2014
Excerpt: Sunday 4pm the snow was starting to blow again. I experimented with taking some video below. I am new to video and uploading it. Let me know if it is not working for you reservations@blackscliff.com I think I will do more video once in awhile if everyone enjoys it IMG_6113 IMG_6114 IMG_6115... Read more
Unusual Things To Do This Winter
Posted: Dec 20, 2014Excerpt: We are waiting for more snow to come in, it is supposed to start Sunday and snow on and off all week. I have heard many different snow total amounts and will wait to see what happens. Either way it will be a very white Christmas in the Northwoods this year. Time to come play in the snow. I... Read more
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.......
Posted: Dec 17, 2014Excerpt: The birdhouse snow report. It snowed all day yesterday off and on. It is supposed to flurry a bit today as well. Next week looks great for snow lovers. Check out www.johndee.com for his snow report. I think it is going to be a great Christmas to New Years for playing in the snow. Winter Park ski area made... Read more
Snow, Yep We Got It
Posted: Dec 16, 2014Excerpt: Very happy to report after rain yesterday we got snow! So far we got a fresh inch and a half or so. We are supposed to pick up another inch or 2 beyond that through tomorrow. It looks a lot more like Christmas around here Birchwood in the fresh snow I took this same picture yesterday in the fog... Read more
Frosty Lake
Posted: Dec 13, 2014Excerpt: I headed out on the snowmobile lake entrance to take some pics of the frosty trees. Tom at Hilltop just marked the trail this week across the lake. A few sleds have crossed It was beautiful to look back at the trees covered in frost Truck was parked along the snowy road and time to head back off the... Read more