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Outdoor winter activities lift people’s spirits
Many Lakeview High School students and staff have been hitting the slopes this winter at local ski resort Bittersweet. As a result of Covid, many of them have been going more often or for the first time. According to The Denver Post, more people are skiing this year due to the pandemic and being unable to participate in most indoor activities. Senior Kody Crowley has been snowboarding for five years. He enjoys it a lot and hopes one day to try skiing to see what it’s like. ¨I love freestyle and going to the terrain park at Bittersweet. There’s not much downhill that you can do in Michigan with the smaller hills and resorts.¨ Crowley said. Crowley has been to a few places other than Michigan, including Colorado. ¨I have been to Copper Mountain in Colorado
twice now,” Crowley said. “I enjoyed it there and the challenges of snowboarding in the mountains versus Bittersweet. I really want to go to the Alps at some point too.”
¨I’m glad I started snowboarding again this year, it’s been really fun,” Bauserman said. “Although I’m not big on terrain park/freestyle, I still enjoy downhill snowboarding at Bittersweet and hope to go to Colorado at some point in the future.” Bauserman likes going out on the weekends and days she has off school with her friends. Some staff members have been out this season as well. Volleyball coach and teacher Heather Sawyer has been skiing Kody Crowley, senior since she was four years old, she has been to many places throughout her lifetime. ¨I have skied all over the world. Canada, Junior Hannah Bauserman started Ontario; Alberta and British Columbia; Europe snowboarding when she was younger but Austria & France; England, of course in the USA, stopped going for a few years. This year was the those being Colorado, Utah, and Michigan,” first time she hit the slopes in awhile. Bauserman Sawyer said. “I also have skied on two glaciers, has tried both skiing and snowboarding but one in Austria and one in British Columbia.” prefers snowboarding. Grace McGlynn, Opinion Editor
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I enjoyed the challenges of snowboarding in the mountains.
Left to Right: Bittersweet Ski Resort, in Otsego, is a popular local destination for skiers and snowboarders. Despite being a smaller venue, Bittersweet is less than an hour drive and has 20 runs ranging in difficulty. Coming from a line of athletes, Heather Sawyer skiied with her family in 2019 at Lake Louise, which has 160 runs. After years of not snowboarding, junior Hannah Bauserman and her friend, Briana Porter, spent the day at Bittersweet practicing their skills.
Photo Courtesy of Hannah Bauserman
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Photo Courtesy of Heather Sawyer
Photo Courtesy of Hannah Bauserman
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