Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Perfect for Valentines if you are tired of giving candy and flowers, how about socks. I can ship a pair for 3 dollars and anything over that for usually 5 dollars for what will fit in a priority bag at the post office. Above picture is my shoe size 6 - 7 no wools. The bright pink pair and... Read more

Excerpt: The hockey sticks are calling to be used for another game. There is a birthday party of 11 year olds with Max and Sam, my nephews coming over to stay in Muskie. Hockey is on their list of things to do with their friends while at the resort. They have never had a sleep over cabin time with friends... Read more

Excerpt: Cold temps have kept out snow in good shape. All trails in the area are reporting good conditions. Some fresh snow would easily bump them to excellent conditions if Mother Nature would cooperate Cold temps have the guys working on a few indoor/outdoor projects Steve is working on getting a new/old bathroom door up in the office. Those who... Read more

Excerpt: Warm temps got the guys out cutting wood. It was in the upper 20's and lower 30's which is perfect wood cutting weather They got started on next summer's wood. the wood supply is slowly building back up on the left side of the shed The right side of the shed has been slowly depleted. There seems to be... Read more

Excerpt: We had another light snow fall today. About 2 inches of fresh snow. After the warm temps it was good to get a fresh snowfall. This will especially help the ski trails. Under this pile of snow is next summer's firepit wood Fresh snow in the balsams, always pretty ... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful 30 degree morning at the lake today. Nice temps to get down and enjoy a walk on the lake Or a little boot hockey Following the trail of others is usually my rule of thumb about walking on the lake Stretching the legs..... walking along... looking up at Shamrock and Kaubashine... Hmm... trail is getting... Read more

Excerpt: Winter has settled in. Nobody else in the midwest has snow I am hearing except for Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota. We have snow and trails are in good shape. This is the beginning of our snow shoe trail across from the resort. Trail is beat down for guests. We could use snow to make it more of a... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend for skiing. When temps get in the upper 20's to low 30's even Troy and I get the itch to ski. We headed over to McNaughton trail 15 min from the resort to do the blue trail. We have skied this and biked it. One of the most harrowing days of skiing I have... Read more

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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

Excerpt: 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