Deep winter dispatch: A photographer snowshoes into the Upper Peninsula's snow-coated Canyon Falls to bear witness to the quiet intensity winter has over a shifting landscape. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan. Find this story and more when you...
Looking for a magnificent winter adventure in Michigan's Upper Peninsula? Hike or snowshoe to these frozen waterfalls near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.Memorial Falls // Munising There are a few examples of waterfalls in the U.P. that are simple to reach but have...
For these friends, there are three simple criteria for a getaway: must be scenic, must be near a big lake, must be epic. Picture yourself at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore this winter. Featured in the February 2019 issue of Traverse Magazine. Get your copy....
He came of age on the mountain bike trails at Grand Traverse Commons. Adventure photographer Erik Olsen tells how one rip down his hometown hill was all it took to get hooked. This story was featured in the October 2018 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine....
The most popular tourist destination in the Great Lakes becomes a have-it-to-yourself secret snow sports destination come winter. Fat tires, XC skis, snowshoes and you—you're welcome! Go on a Mackinac Island winter vacation and discover the intimate side of this...
Climbing hundreds of feet up an ice column, with Lake Superior surging below, is not for everybody ... but it is for this winter-hungry crew. Traverse City photographer Erik Olsen takes us ice climbing in the Upper Peninsula.A frosty and early start, a 15-mile ski, a...
Word of a jutting slab of basalt rising high above the forest canopy lures our correspondent—ropes and camera in tow—for a weekend of Upper Peninsula rock climbing, just as fall colors explode. (FYI: You can just walk up, too.) This article is featured in the October...
We follow three friends on an epic bike adventure through Drummond Island's backcountry. This is their story: I met Tyler Keuning as the ink was still drying on his driver’s license. As soon as he could, he started road-tripping from his home base in Grand Rapids to...
Each fall, the colors of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula draw photographer Erik Olsen to roam the trails and byways of this storied land. Here he reflects on his Upper Peninsula fall color tour.Each fall, one way or another, I try to head to the U.P. I have turned it into...
Photo(s) by Erik Olsen
