Some of my family members were born and raised in the UP. The winters are tough with the snow and cold temps, but they love it. The UP is unique, but it's not for everyone.
The people that live in the UP and northwoods area are used to this weather for 6 months out of the year. The beautiful summers , lack of ugly construction building booms, and friendly and safe environment make up for the winters- though if you embrace the snow you can be very active outside during this time.... PS- Locals are happy that nobody wants to move there!
You got that right...we like company, we like that you spend your cash, and we really like when ya go back home! This snow is nothing. Come on U.P. to the Keweenaw. I worked there one year...it snowed 44 days in a row! I thought we were being buried alive! The business owners were thanking the Snow Gods for the "White Gold'....You would not believe the people that come up to play in the snow. TONS!
i've lived in The Soo for 40 years and i and people like me would be very happy if people wanted to move here. not everyone here is a right-wing stay-out-of-my-yard-go-back-to-where-you-come-from 'outsiders-are-bad' types like christiana and lady yoop here, but they do make about half the population. luckily because of the indian reservation having a lot of power in town, we have fewer racist redneck types than you'd imagine for a place like this. it's not all of us who are unwelcoming or hateful
@@LadyYoop I'm moving back to Calumet. Virginia (where I live right now) freaks out over snow warnings and a single inch of snow. It's unbelievable lol.
Many homes North of the bridge have a door on the second floor with no balcony. I thought this strange until I was told these are for getting out in the event of snow blocking the main floor door. What you ran into was lake effect snow and very normal. Living in Northern Mi we take the weather most serious, especially lake effect snow. I enjoyed snowmobiling the super freeway from Munising to Marquette. I was blown away by the divided north south lane. We traveled the power lines mostly. Typical UP winter really.
I was in Marquette that winter. Had just moved there from Phoenix and was new to deep snow. We were jumping out the 3rd floor dorm rooms into piles of snow. What a fun time. We ended up having a 4 day weekend when they shut down NMU because the plow drivers could not get to the plows.
Richard, I grew up in Port Huron...I well remember that winter...brutal as all hell all over Michigan and the Great Lakes region. We certainly didn't get 350" but I had a couple of friends who up there at MT during that winter. I was at CMU and remember a 26" snowfall! They closed campus for 3 days.
I lived in Marquette Michigan while stationed at K.I. Sawer AFB in 1971 and the winters were brutal but it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. I really would like to move back up there but we now have 5 grandkids and live in the Philadelphia area.
I was born and raised just east of Mackinaw City, I have seen more than 3feet of snow on the ground. Seeing footage of 75 north brings back memories as I have driven those same roads, I miss northern Michigan......
I live a lil bit southeast of Mackinaw and we had 3 feet over night just a couple weeks back. Its not unusual for that to happen either. I used to have a snow removal company and we would regularly get a foot plus overnight and just a "dusting" could be 8 inches.
Ill being moving to UP Michigan here soon, been living in Arizona for about 3 years. Lived in Montana for over 6 years, cant wait to get back to the magical winter wonderland that is north USA!
Many people who love the UP love it because there is a lack of people. You kind of go there to get away from the rat race lower peninsula. The UP has fantastic activities like some of the best snowmobile trails in the united states, Whitetail deer, partridge and other hunting where again it has some of the finest in the country. The pristine wilderness. Incredible scenic drives. Fascinating history. Quit frankly, the fewer people there are the more charming and alluring the UP is. What could be better the sitting in your little log cabin, in front of the fireplace with a hot cup of joe with your sweetheart. Put another log on the fire and smell that fresh UP air.
I spent 2 Winters in Calumet, so I'm no stranger to deep, lake effect snow. It was nothing to get 2 - 6 inches of snow a day in Winter. Your interview with Dan was great, and it's good to hear from somebody living there. Thanks for the video!
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is just one giant lake. I grew up on the Canadian side. Wind coming off of Superior is deadly. I remember being a kid and it snowing so hard over night and we would hope school got cancelled but the radio stations in the area come from the American side and the Canadians would send reports across the river, so we could all hear if school had been cancelled or not. We would hear, schools on the American side are closed, schools on the Canadian side are open...ya right They hit with the same storm and same amount of snow !!! The American side would close and call in the national guard. We went to school :(
Fucking right.. awesome country up there and I've spent many winters up there snowmobiling but no fucking way would I live up there in the winter.. I like playing in it amd then going home away from it lol would not want to deal with it everyday plus the cold
Love the video and I am glad that I left their in 1965 and moved to southern CA--I do not like cold weather--spent 2years in HAWAII AND it spoiled me--God bless the people that can live in it--
Fun fact: I live in lower Michigan but my wife and I are looking for a way to move up to the UP. I love it there, I always get sad when I cross that bridge going south.
My wife and I visited the UP in June of 23. It's my favorite destination I've visited. I'm a truck driver and have seen most of tge country and the UP beats all of it.
Hate to tell you but 3 feet is far from the record. Maybe for a low snow area like around the straights, but up here in the Keweenaw thats not unusal. We average close to 300 inches a year.
Im originally from downstate lower Michigan, Montrose, Michigan to be more specific,but my dad lived in the Pelkie, Baraga area,Froberg and Pelkie roads to be exact,and I frequented the area many years as I have my dad buried there in the Pelkie cemetery,but I seen nice weather,and I have seen snow and it was not just a little snow but lots of snow,so much that you had to have snow shoes because it was so deep. Thank you for your videos and Thumbs up and keep up the great work on your videos 💯👍 Peace and Blessings to you all 🙏👍💯
I live in Memphis Mich. very close to Port Huron. We love it here. I grew up in New Baltimore Mich. My family has lived there since the 1800's. I love Memphis just as much since we moved here 5 years ago. Most of my relatives still live in the New Baltimore area.
My daughter went on a snowmobile trip for a week . End of February to March. She was up in Ontonagon. She had a blast on those trails with massive powder.
born and raised in the up. where i live now is nothing compared to what i grew up with. lots and lots of snow. walk a quarter of a mile to catch the school bus in minus 30 degree weather for weeks at a time. could get to minus 50 with wind chill minus 70. great video.
Yes definitely go to houghton I’ve drove from LA’nse to houghton a few times you’ll see cars on the side of the road and may end up sliding a few times
went to Gwinn High we had 18 feet of snow in 1971 that's when I took drivers ed. I'm forever good driving on it with right accessories. Swam in Lake Superior 32 degrees year round
Born and raised around Mackinac City now I live on the west coast lol yes it's FREEZING in Michigan especially Northern and the U.P. I remember when I was young we had SO MUCH SNOW to where we could jump out the roofs and have a safe landing because we had like 20 ft snow hills from the snow getting plowed lol. Snow itself was like 4 ft or so sometimes you'd get snowed in ughhh it sucked but homemade food ALWAYS made it BETTER 🥰
Thank you for taking the time to do this. As someone who does not live in Michigan, I felt like I received a nice road trip. You illuminated everything beautifully. I am subscribing and look forward to the next one.!
would have been nice to meet your wife and dog but thanks to the drone views i got to see a little glipse of them... thanks for the trip, the info , the drone views and all it was nice to view on a very hot day here....
In December of 1995 Sault Ste Marie got between 50 and 60 inches of snow in 72 hours. It was very localized, though. 20 miles south of town they got far less. Average annual snowfall there is around 120 inches, give or take a bit, so that one storm dropped almost half of an average entire winter's snowfall.
The track in the ice going under the Mac Bridge is done by Ice Breakers and ships. Some ships run all winter long generally hauling rock salt from Goderich, ONT to Milwaukee or Chicago. There used to be more traffic all winter when Iron Ore was transported out of Escanaba, MI to Detroit or Cleveland since that doesn't require going through the closed Soo Locks but the mine that fed Escanaba shut down and the dock closed. Some tankers also run all winter but they are few and most travel from Sarnia to the Canadian Soo below the locks. By the way SARNIA is generally pronounced SAR NEEYA, Canada's Houston.
Holy crap am i’m glad that I’m seeing this now. I was honestly tempted to drive up as far as Lake superior in my car and try to camp for a week either in February or March. I ended up not doing it thankfully, and this just shows me that I’m glad that I didn’t. I probably would’ve ended up dying in my car.
That guy was so nice to stand out in the freezing cold and let you interview him, and he was so welcoming. It gave me a really good feeling about the town. Driving those roads looks scary. Love watching this from my cozy living room in California, though.
The snow squal you drove through was a lake effect squal that frequent all of the great lakes depending on which way the wind is coming from. 3' happens once in a while, but did you notice that the streets were already plowed and the main was wet but bare of snow. Most of the accident prone areas are because of the drivers that don't know enough to slow down and drive according to the conditions.
Even in Howell Michigan it can stack up over a winter. About 15 years ago I had a temporary real estate sign posting job where I would put them out Friday and pick them up Sunday night. One intersection corner I put signs on had about a foot of snow on a Friday in March and by Sunday it was all gone. This was about the fourth time that winter that it happened. I thought about it and realized that if all the snow that had fallen on that corner were all there it would be about 4 or 5 feet.
@@ChrisHarden Go now while your young! Enjoy all you can and take the nice young lady friend of yours with you. She may find it too cold, but after a few days you get used to it. Adversity brings you closer together. Buy both of you a couple pairs of long underwear, tops and bottoms, dress in layers. Get an REI 50 below parka with a hood. Make sure it reaches just above your knees. Get it a little oversize. Dress like this: underwear, long sleeve t-shirt, flannel shirt, pull over sweater then parka. Neither of you will ever be cold dressed this way. for your head get a pull over ski mask that covers your head, neck and lower face. Just getting dressed will be half the fun!
Penneys Sears and Woolworths are gone from the planet, not just The Soo (as we Yoopers call Sault St. Marie). So that's not really a fair judgment of the area.
Very nice work, Chris. I'm sitting here at my desk and able to visit my hometown! Haven't been there since the early 80's. Thanks for doing what you do...
My Dad was from the Soo and I still have relatives who live there and in DeTour Village, about 50 miles SE of the Soo. As brutal as those winters can be, none of them would ever leave. Thanks for the tour. We've visited in the summers and fall, and don't think I'd be interested in that snow and cold!!
Awesome video! The interview was the icing on the cake. I appreciate the effort you put into your episodes. This gives a very good glimpse of a world we may never see - and a time we will never see again.. This is a historically significant touchpoint.. Bravo.
We explored the UP a few years back . Whitefish Bay. And the rest of N Michigan. Traverse City and the Dunes. Late September before the gales of November came early. Simply beautiful from Duluth to Mackinac. Two Michigans: Uppers and Trolls. Love you ALL. Amazing place frozen six months a year
Great 👍 video 📸 Chris! I liked your interview with a long time resident that is missing from most of your videos and hearing his perspectives on his home 🏠 town area!
Been in the Soo for 4 years now, I live with this weather pattern quite often in the winter, especially making trips back and fourth to Petoskey. Our town is more commonly referred to as Sault Sainte Syberia. 😂
15:08 It was the same with me. I’ve visited the UP numerous times. Yoopers always seem pleasantly surprised that a Troll would visit the UP. However, I’ve known many Trolls who would never go to the UP since it’s not prestigious & fancy. Also, they find Yoopers to be backwards.
I remember as kid in 80s we got like 4ft in ashland wi. And the UP GOT LIKE 9FT that was onto of 3ft hard pack from heavy winters we use to have after mt. St Helen's blew and last few atmospheric nuke tests lol
I remember those days we'll. I'd always would end up using balsam branches tied to my feet while having to carry my fatass lab because she couldn't make it through the snow. No choice if I didn't the wolves that followed us would have killed her. No bullshit those things here show no fear to a human.
I live about 2 hours south of Mackinaw city. Thanks for visiting our state. My granddaughter was a MSP trooper up in the soo, but she recently moved to the Flint area .She happy to be where the action is. Pretty lonely up in the UP. Great video. Thanks. Be safe.
Those single flashing lights at lonely intersections tell you at least some civilization is somewhere near lol . Like northern Minnesota . Don't speed with those sled trailers !! Old blue lookin for you .
"The occasional Yooper did pass me at about 70 or 80 miles an hour" Sounds about right. I never push it that fast. 40-50 is perfectly fine in whiteout conditions so long as its not too Icey. 4 wheel drive is a godsend for the UP.
Funny....I was returning from a snowmobile trip up in Wawa Ontario that same Sunday you were in the 'Soo". Compared to the snow depth up there the Soo had hardly any snow! Step off the snowmobile trail between Wawa and Marathon and the snow was up to your arm pits and you still weren't touching ground!
I'll have to try and find time to venture out further west next winter. I've learned a lot about it, the Keweenaw Peninsula especially through the comments on this video.
Cool video i was raised in Grand Rapids so i'm familiar with snow and now down south so they can keep they're snow but enjoy Mackinac and the UP in spring and summer .
I love living in Marquette, Mi. for every reason besides the winters. All the other reasons make the winter worth the battle. Almost 50 now, and will say the "Snow-bird" theory of leaving to warmer places In the winter make more sense every year.
The U.P. And other areas of the northern lower peninsula make up what is one of my favorite places on earth… to visit in the summer. Don’t think I could live there year round. Credit to those who can.
@@ChrisHarden Yea it's a very small community, not even a town, they had a bar, an American Legion, and a hotel. However it does have a snowmobile trail going thru the town and many stopped to get a beer at the bar. It's very nice out there
Live in southern Michigan. I'll visit northern Michigan from time to time, both winter and summer. It's amazing how in the winters you'll have a foot or more of snow sometimes, but in the summers you could have 80-degree+ weather.
I live just out of Sault Ste Marie ,Mi & I drove back & forth to Saint Iganace daily. The weather is deceitful. It can be snowing like bandits in St Ignace & nothing in the Soo. Sometimes they can get more snow than us. They are further south so in the spring it melts quicker. But, the Soo does average a whole lot of snow.
I'm 51. Lived in Michigan my entire life, never been to the Upper Peninsula. Been to the beginning of the bridge in Mackinaw City , but never crossed over to the UP.
Burr!! Makes me cold just watching. Grew up in Michigan until I was 19 and then moved to Florida in 1998. But I’ve been up on that stretch of road several times and to the park you were at on the UP side of the bridge. The northern third of the lower peninsula and up in the UP can be beautiful, especially in the summer. Although I do have friends who like the winter better up there. Which…🤷🏻♂️…I suppose I just don’t get. I don’t think I’d enjoy living up there though. Just not enough going on for my tastes. I feel for any place in the state or throughout the U.S. that’s struggling though. Even my little old hometown in Central Michigan sort of makes me sad to see today. Good mom and pop stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, plumbers, local restaurants etc have mostly been replaced by dollar stores, pawn shops, check cashing places, and coin laundry. It feels very strange. Oddly enough I’ve really come to appreciate so many more good things in Michigan now, only after I’ve moved.
@@ChrisHarden I hear ya. In as much as I love getting away to the wilderness or somewhere remote for a hike, ski, camping, or whatever, I think I’ll always be just that little bit more 49% country but always 51% city. I just need my amenities, sports, other entertainment, culture, restaurants, etc.
I’m from Southfield Michigan and we’ve got snow in the last couple of Mays. Going to snow today and in April. Springs have been getting cold and cold around here. Nothing is blooming yet. Usually we have crocus by now. Not this. If you don’t like cold weather. Michigan isn’t for you.
@@ChrisHarden Great Idea.. Im older. lol. 2005-2006 staying in the sault area, u.p. they were like snows over some roof tops. Got to have snowmobile etc.. :)❤️
Spent many years up there snowmobiling.. usually newberry, grand Maria's Munising, strongs, and the soo.. been up there on many trips over the years when we show up to 2ft on the ground and leave 3, 4 days later to 5 ft on the ground
Turned 18 2 days ago and recendyl got an apartment in the UP!!! The only car I have is a 2007 mustang from Texas when I got it 2 years ago, it’s gonna be a fun winter I can’t wait.
I wish you had veered off to take a little look at the little town of Rudyard. I attended high school there in the 8th and 9th grades. My dad was stationed at Kencheloe AFB from '61 -'63. and I just loved it there.
Another great video Chris. Admire your courage to go up there in winter on those roads. How nervous was your wife on those roads? As I’ve mentioned before I love the bridge area. I did not know you lived in Detroit. Do you root for any of the Detroit sports teams? Having grown up in lower Michigan but now have long lived in Wisconsin, I still will always hope and pray for some Detroit team to win a championship. Thanks again for showing us a great place, the U.P. I just subscribed because you did. Keep up good work👏
We were both equally nervous. It’s not always about how good of a driver you might be, but it’s also about worrying about who else is on the road. For example, how overconfident other drivers might be to where they’re more vulnerable to cause an accident because of it. So many pile-ups are caused from people driving too fast for the conditions… but traffic in the U.P. Is always light.
I know that the snow on the ground in the Keweenaw peninsula was likely higher than what was in the Sault Ste. Marie area… but 29 feet of snow on the ground at any current moment? Doubt it.
let me tell you all. the UP and the yoopers is one of the best unkept secrets in america.. despite the climate. it is truly one of the best places on earth.. Pasty anyone?
Retired to the Keweenaw from downstate. Been here two and a half years, non skier nor snowmobiler. Wouldn't be anywhere else.
Looks like the golden gate bridge...almost
@@kathleenking47 the Mighty Mac approximately 5 miles is much bigger then the Golden Gate
@@kevind3185 In length,certainly not in height.
I want to retire up there by Houghton if I can. Plenty of time to make my dreams come true I hope 🤞
Why? I'm getting a job offer in Sault Ste Marie and I currently live in Arizona...
There have been a few times in my life when winter was over downstate, but when I went to the UP it was still going strong.
my mother remembers when it snowed in July. she was a little girl at that time
@@tepitutu ❄️🤩❄️😳❄️
I remember a tiny bit of snow on the ground on June 2. This was in Gaylord.
Some of my family members were born and raised in the UP. The winters are tough with the snow and cold temps, but they love it. The UP is unique, but it's not for everyone.
That is definitely a beautiful area made for sturdy people..
The people that live in the UP and northwoods area are used to this weather for 6 months out of the year. The beautiful summers , lack of ugly construction building booms, and friendly and safe environment make up for the winters- though if you embrace the snow you can be very active outside during this time.... PS- Locals are happy that nobody wants to move there!
You got that right...we like company, we like that you spend your cash, and we really like when ya go back home! This snow is nothing. Come on U.P. to the Keweenaw. I worked there one year...it snowed 44 days in a row! I thought we were being buried alive! The business owners were thanking the Snow Gods for the "White Gold'....You would not believe the people that come up to play in the snow. TONS!
i've lived in The Soo for 40 years and i and people like me would be very happy if people wanted to move here. not everyone here is a right-wing stay-out-of-my-yard-go-back-to-where-you-come-from 'outsiders-are-bad' types like christiana and lady yoop here, but they do make about half the population. luckily because of the indian reservation having a lot of power in town, we have fewer racist redneck types than you'd imagine for a place like this. it's not all of us who are unwelcoming or hateful
@@LadyYoop I'm moving back to Calumet. Virginia (where I live right now) freaks out over snow warnings and a single inch of snow. It's unbelievable lol.
When you see on the news that about everything shuts down...I cannot imagine what they'd do here.....Come on HOME!@@IgnoretheButter
❤😂 yup!
Michigan winters are no joke! 🌝
Michigan Winters never end!
I don't miss winters up there at all !
@@mmichaelc I'm so sick of it lol I need to hit retirement so I can head south for the winters
@@arpschneider seems that way lol
@@jimbeam9176 I understand that I already moved south and love it. I do miss somethings from Michigan but NOT WINTERS !
Many homes North of the bridge have a door on the second floor with no balcony. I thought this strange until I was told these are for getting out in the event of snow blocking the main floor door. What you ran into was lake effect snow and very normal. Living in Northern Mi we take the weather most serious, especially lake effect snow. I enjoyed snowmobiling the super freeway from Munising to Marquette. I was blown away by the divided north south lane. We traveled the power lines mostly. Typical UP winter really.
The winter of my freshman year at Michigan Tech (1978-79) saw Houghton getting over 350 inches on snow that year.
Haha damn that’s a lot.
That’s insane I have a friend at Finlandia university over the bridge in Hancock that tells me about the crazy snow events
I was in Marquette that winter. Had just moved there from Phoenix and was new to deep snow. We were jumping out the 3rd floor dorm rooms into piles of snow. What a fun time. We ended up having a 4 day weekend when they shut down NMU because the plow drivers could not get to the plows.
Richard, I grew up in Port Huron...I well remember that winter...brutal as all hell all over Michigan and the Great Lakes region. We certainly didn't get 350" but I had a couple of friends who up there at MT during that winter. I was at CMU and remember a 26" snowfall! They closed campus for 3 days.
Good to see a post from a toot. Class of 71.
I lived in Marquette Michigan while stationed at K.I. Sawer AFB in 1971 and the winters were brutal but it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. I really would like to move back up there but we now have 5 grandkids and live in the Philadelphia area.
It was. It was my favorite of all the places I've lived. We were there 1989 to 1993.
I was born and raised just east of Mackinaw City, I have seen more than 3feet of snow on the ground.
Seeing footage of 75 north brings back memories as I have driven those same roads, I miss northern Michigan......
I live a lil bit southeast of Mackinaw and we had 3 feet over night just a couple weeks back. Its not unusual for that to happen either. I used to have a snow removal company and we would regularly get a foot plus overnight and just a "dusting" could be 8 inches.
Indian river here,it's allllll good!!!!
Ill being moving to UP Michigan here soon, been living in Arizona for about 3 years. Lived in Montana for over 6 years, cant wait to get back to the magical winter wonderland that is north USA!
Many people who love the UP love it because there is a lack of people. You kind of go there to get away from the rat race lower peninsula. The UP has fantastic activities like some of the best snowmobile trails in the united states, Whitetail deer, partridge and other hunting where again it has some of the finest in the country. The pristine wilderness. Incredible scenic drives. Fascinating history. Quit frankly, the fewer people there are the more charming and alluring the UP is. What could be better the sitting in your little log cabin, in front of the fireplace with a hot cup of joe with your sweetheart. Put another log on the fire and smell that fresh UP air.
I spent 2 Winters in Calumet, so I'm no stranger to deep, lake effect snow. It was nothing to get 2 - 6 inches of snow a day in Winter. Your interview with Dan was great, and it's good to hear from somebody living there. Thanks for the video!
Oh yea up on the keweenaw you guys get absolutely dumped on like out of control amounts as you know! Great snowmobiling spot
Calumet/Laurium, definitely the place where steel snow shovels rein supreme!
This is an area where you need to shovel the roof. Beautiful
lol.
Yes.
Just got 6 inches last night (maybe more; haven't checked this morning)...(I'm in Calumet)
My grandfather was born in Calumet. He use to swim in Lake Superior even on choppy days. Different breed up there lol.
Should have went west towards the Keewenaw if you wanted to see real snow...
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is just one giant lake. I grew up on the Canadian side. Wind coming off of Superior is deadly. I remember being a kid and it snowing so hard over night and we would hope school got cancelled but the radio stations in the area come from the American side and the Canadians would send reports across the river, so we could all hear if school had been cancelled or not. We would hear, schools on the American side are closed, schools on the Canadian side are open...ya right
They hit with the same storm and same amount of snow !!!
The American side would close and call in the national guard. We went to school :(
Us Yoopers are a tough breed! .
Fucking right.. awesome country up there and I've spent many winters up there snowmobiling but no fucking way would I live up there in the winter.. I like playing in it amd then going home away from it lol would not want to deal with it everyday plus the cold
@@jimbeam9176 definitely something you get used to man . Love it wouldn't have it any other way.
Yah we are ey !!!!
I remember getting 20 inches in April when I was a kid in one snowfall
Love the video and I am glad that I left their in 1965 and moved to southern CA--I do not like cold weather--spent 2years in HAWAII AND it spoiled me--God bless the people that can live in it--
We get alot more than just 3ft of snow were currently sittin at roughly almost 7ft or more here in the sault currently
Fun fact: I live in lower Michigan but my wife and I are looking for a way to move up to the UP. I love it there, I always get sad when I cross that bridge going south.
You know yoopers are chuckling about those snowstorms you drove in .
Near Marquette we call that "Tuesday."
My wife and I visited the UP in June of 23. It's my favorite destination I've visited. I'm a truck driver and have seen most of tge country and the UP beats all of it.
11:25pm. Thank you Chris you made my night here in Jamestown Michigan be safe
Hate to tell you but 3 feet is far from the record. Maybe for a low snow area like around the straights, but up here in the Keweenaw thats not unusal. We average close to 300 inches a year.
It was a record amount of snowfall for a single day in February, which counts as a record.
Check out the snow thermometer.
From Boston but have been to The U.P. several times for deer hunting season w/my Dad. Absolutely love it there.
Good job, being from the Soo, my favorite storm was 1995 when we received 5 feet a little more than 24 hours.
Might’ve been the same storm Dan was talking about.
I remember it snowing 24 inches in 24 hours in Detroit in 1974.
It was a nightmare. People left cars everywhere.
Michiganders are some tough people! From 90'f in the summer to - 30f in the winter with everything In between. The most beautiful place on earth.
And some of the best fishing in the country
Love this day of your life type of video Chris. That interview makes it👌 Older people are a great fount of knowledge in small towns.
Nicely done, Chris. Really fascinating to see this area, which I’ve only experienced (St. Ignace and Mackinac Straits) in the summer.
Im originally from downstate lower Michigan, Montrose, Michigan to be more specific,but my dad lived in the Pelkie, Baraga area,Froberg and Pelkie roads to be exact,and I frequented the area many years as I have my dad buried there in the Pelkie cemetery,but I seen nice weather,and I have seen snow and it was not just a little snow but lots of snow,so much that you had to have snow shoes because it was so deep.
Thank you for your videos and Thumbs up and keep up the great work on your videos 💯👍
Peace and Blessings to you all 🙏👍💯
I'll take Michigan any day. Love it here.
I live in Memphis Mich. very close to Port Huron. We love it here. I grew up in New Baltimore Mich. My family has lived there since the 1800's. I love Memphis just as much since we moved here 5 years ago. Most of my relatives still live in the New Baltimore area.
My daughter went on a snowmobile trip for a week . End of February to March.
She was up in Ontonagon. She had a blast on those trails with massive powder.
born and raised in the up. where i live now is nothing compared to what i grew up with. lots and lots of snow. walk a quarter of a mile to catch the school bus in minus 30 degree weather for weeks at a time. could get to minus 50 with wind chill minus 70. great video.
Dang. Where’d you end up moving to?
minnesota
still cold but not like the up
Yes definitely go to houghton I’ve drove from LA’nse to houghton a few times you’ll see cars on the side of the road and may end up sliding a few times
went to Gwinn High we had 18 feet of snow in 1971 that's when I took drivers ed. I'm forever good driving on it with right accessories. Swam in Lake Superior 32 degrees year round
Wow! Looks beautiful. I was born and spent my early childhood in the Detroit suburbs. The UP is on my bucket list to visit.
Born and raised around Mackinac City now I live on the west coast lol yes it's FREEZING in Michigan especially Northern and the U.P. I remember when I was young we had SO MUCH SNOW to where we could jump out the roofs and have a safe landing because we had like 20 ft snow hills from the snow getting plowed lol. Snow itself was like 4 ft or so sometimes you'd get snowed in ughhh it sucked but homemade food ALWAYS made it BETTER 🥰
Thank you for taking the time to do this. As someone who does not live in Michigan, I felt like I received a nice road trip. You illuminated everything beautifully. I am subscribing and look forward to the next one.!
Thank you!
would have been nice to meet your wife and dog but thanks to the drone views i got to see a little glipse of them... thanks for the trip, the info , the drone views and all it was nice to view on a very hot day here....
In December of 1995 Sault Ste Marie got between 50 and 60 inches of snow in 72 hours. It was very localized, though. 20 miles south of town they got far less. Average annual snowfall there is around 120 inches, give or take a bit, so that one storm dropped almost half of an average entire winter's snowfall.
The track in the ice going under the Mac Bridge is done by Ice Breakers and ships. Some ships run all winter long generally hauling rock salt from Goderich, ONT to Milwaukee or Chicago. There used to be more traffic all winter when Iron Ore was transported out of Escanaba, MI to Detroit or Cleveland since that doesn't require going through the closed Soo Locks but the mine that fed Escanaba shut down and the dock closed. Some tankers also run all winter but they are few and most travel from Sarnia to the Canadian Soo below the locks. By the way SARNIA is generally pronounced SAR NEEYA, Canada's Houston.
Welcome to the U.P 💚
Holy crap am i’m glad that I’m seeing this now. I was honestly tempted to drive up as far as Lake superior in my car and try to camp for a week either in February or March. I ended up not doing it thankfully, and this just shows me that I’m glad that I didn’t. I probably would’ve ended up dying in my car.
That guy was so nice to stand out in the freezing cold and let you interview him, and he was so welcoming. It gave me a really good feeling about the town. Driving those roads looks scary. Love watching this from my cozy living room in California, though.
On the 7th day God created the Mac bridge so trolls could get to heaven.
The people are great up there and will always take the time to meet and get to know you!
The snow squal you drove through was a lake effect squal that frequent all of the great lakes depending on which way the wind is coming from. 3' happens once in a while, but did you notice that the streets were already plowed and the main was wet but bare of snow. Most of the accident prone areas are because of the drivers that don't know enough to slow down and drive according to the conditions.
In the Winter of 1976, Paradise got 329" of snow, which was a record at that time. That is only 31" shy of 30 FEET of snow in one Winter!!!!
Next winter I’m hoping for a good snowfall in the Keweenaw Peninsula so I can travel and make a video there.
Even in Howell Michigan it can stack up over a winter. About 15 years ago I had a temporary real estate sign posting job where I would put them out Friday and pick them up Sunday night.
One intersection corner I put signs on had about a foot of snow on a Friday in March and by Sunday it was all gone. This was about the fourth time that winter that it happened.
I thought about it and realized that if all the snow that had fallen on that corner were all there it would be about 4 or 5 feet.
@@ChrisHarden Go now while your young! Enjoy all you can and take the nice young lady friend of yours with you. She may find it too cold, but after a few days you get used to it. Adversity brings you closer together. Buy both of you a couple pairs of long underwear, tops and bottoms, dress in layers. Get an REI 50 below parka with a hood. Make sure it reaches just above your knees. Get it a little oversize. Dress like this: underwear, long sleeve t-shirt, flannel shirt, pull over sweater then parka. Neither of you will ever be cold dressed this way. for your head get a pull over ski mask that covers your head, neck and lower face. Just getting dressed will be half the fun!
Penneys Sears and Woolworths are gone from the planet, not just The Soo (as we Yoopers call Sault St. Marie). So that's not really a fair judgment of the area.
Very nice work, Chris. I'm sitting here at my desk and able to visit my hometown! Haven't been there since the early 80's. Thanks for doing what you do...
My Dad was from the Soo and I still have relatives who live there and in DeTour Village, about 50 miles SE of the Soo. As brutal as those winters can be, none of them would ever leave. Thanks for the tour. We've visited in the summers and fall, and don't think I'd be interested in that snow and cold!!
Awesome video! The interview was the icing on the cake. I appreciate the effort you put into your episodes. This gives a very good glimpse of a world we may never see - and a time we will never see again.. This is a historically significant touchpoint.. Bravo.
Thank you!
We explored the UP a few years back . Whitefish Bay. And the rest of N Michigan. Traverse City and the Dunes. Late September before the gales of November came early. Simply beautiful from Duluth to Mackinac. Two Michigans: Uppers and Trolls. Love you ALL. Amazing place frozen six months a year
Love this video and your drones shots were totally awesome !
I moved out of the upper peninsula the year we had 36 feet of snow still think it a beautiful place
Great 👍 video 📸 Chris! I liked your interview with a long time resident that is missing from most of your videos and hearing his perspectives on his home 🏠 town area!
Been in the Soo for 4 years now, I live with this weather pattern quite often in the winter, especially making trips back and fourth to Petoskey. Our town is more commonly referred to as Sault Sainte Syberia. 😂
Haha I like that name.
@@ChrisHarden I do, too!
15:08 It was the same with me. I’ve visited the UP numerous times. Yoopers always seem pleasantly surprised that a Troll would visit the UP. However, I’ve known many Trolls who would never go to the UP since it’s not prestigious & fancy. Also, they find Yoopers to be backwards.
We use to call them berry pickers when I was young because they would always stop and pick the thimble berries that grew along the road
my last winter before moving to Virginia. I'll be moving back. I took for granted how peaceful the UP was. Calumet, here I come
Good pasties in Calumet.
@@erbewayne6868 true. But my gramma makes the best pasties, those would be in marquette.
This is nothing compared to the ten + feet of snow that can happen in Michigan and the upper of Michigan years ago.
I remember as kid in 80s we got like 4ft in ashland wi. And the UP GOT LIKE 9FT that was onto of 3ft hard pack from heavy winters we use to have after mt. St Helen's blew and last few atmospheric nuke tests lol
@@Fossillarson I would of remembered that if I existed I'm currently 8 years old
I remember those days we'll. I'd always would end up using balsam branches tied to my feet while having to carry my fatass lab because she couldn't make it through the snow. No choice if I didn't the wolves that followed us would have killed her. No bullshit those things here show no fear to a human.
No shit?
I live about 2 hours south of Mackinaw city. Thanks for visiting our state. My granddaughter was a MSP trooper up in the soo, but she recently moved to the Flint area .She happy to be where the action is. Pretty lonely up in the UP. Great video. Thanks. Be safe.
I’m from Flint and that’s definitely where the action is.
Those single flashing lights at lonely intersections tell you at least some civilization is somewhere near lol . Like northern Minnesota . Don't speed with those sled trailers !! Old blue lookin for you .
RE:Fred. Chris lives in Michigan.
The soo locks are why this town won't die!
Prisons are keeping it going too
I miss Michigan , beautiful place .
I grew up there , moved west but always missed Michigan .
"The occasional Yooper did pass me at about 70 or 80 miles an hour"
Sounds about right. I never push it that fast. 40-50 is perfectly fine in whiteout conditions so long as its not too Icey. 4 wheel drive is a godsend for the UP.
Me and my wife where there 20 yrs ago in the summer time and it was beautiful, from NC
Beautiful, but I can't live like that in the snow, thank God I live in Georgia! Thanks for sharing, subscribed and shared and liked!
Me too!!
I was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio I moved to central Georgia in 1991 due to the cold winters.
Thanks for visiting Michigan. You should visit the U.P. In the summer. It’s amazing
Funny....I was returning from a snowmobile trip up in Wawa Ontario that same Sunday you were in the 'Soo". Compared to the snow depth up there the Soo had hardly any snow! Step off the snowmobile trail between Wawa and Marathon and the snow was up to your arm pits and you still weren't touching ground!
I'll have to try and find time to venture out further west next winter. I've learned a lot about it, the Keweenaw Peninsula especially through the comments on this video.
@@ChrisHarden Don't bother going west.....go north....the Canadian north shore of Lake Superior makes the U.P. look like a strip mall.
Great snowmobiling up there!
I crossed the Big Mac bridge when I did a cross-country road trip a while ago. I stopped at Escanaba and spent a night there.
Cool video i was raised in Grand Rapids so i'm familiar with snow and now down south so they can keep they're snow but enjoy Mackinac and the UP in spring and summer .
I love living in Marquette, Mi. for every reason besides the winters. All the other reasons make the winter worth the battle. Almost 50 now, and will say the "Snow-bird" theory of leaving to warmer places In the winter make more sense every year.
The U.P. And other areas of the northern lower peninsula make up what is one of my favorite places on earth… to visit in the summer. Don’t think I could live there year round. Credit to those who can.
Hey that's cool! You were there when I was up, I was in Hulbert which is 30 miles East of Newberry and the snow was crazy.
Nice! Heard of Newberry, had to look up Hulbert.
@@ChrisHarden Yea it's a very small community, not even a town, they had a bar, an American Legion, and a hotel. However it does have a snowmobile trail going thru the town and many stopped to get a beer at the bar. It's very nice out there
We were just in St Ignace. It seems to me these winters are inviting because it keeps the less desirables out of town.
Hahaha maybe.
Live in southern Michigan. I'll visit northern Michigan from time to time, both winter and summer. It's amazing how in the winters you'll have a foot or more of snow sometimes, but in the summers you could have 80-degree+ weather.
We have a good 8 feet from Ironwood to Wakefield.
I live just out of Sault Ste Marie ,Mi & I drove back & forth to Saint Iganace daily. The weather is deceitful. It can be snowing like bandits in St Ignace & nothing in the Soo. Sometimes they can get more snow than us. They are further south so in the spring it melts quicker. But, the Soo does average a whole lot of snow.
I lived in the Chicago west suburbs for years, then Columbus, OH, then New Jersey. I moved south six years ago. I do not miss the snow AT ALL.
I'm 51. Lived in Michigan my entire life, never been to the Upper Peninsula. Been to the beginning of the bridge in Mackinaw City , but never crossed over to the UP.
I just got back from the Soo today. I stopped at the bridge historic register and info building (St. Ignace) shown from your drone.
This is great as I'm moving there. Love that cold and snow😊😊😊
This is my go to comfy channel.
Burr!! Makes me cold just watching. Grew up in Michigan until I was 19 and then moved to Florida in 1998. But I’ve been up on that stretch of road several times and to the park you were at on the UP side of the bridge. The northern third of the lower peninsula and up in the UP can be beautiful, especially in the summer. Although I do have friends who like the winter better up there. Which…🤷🏻♂️…I suppose I just don’t get. I don’t think I’d enjoy living up there though. Just not enough going on for my tastes. I feel for any place in the state or throughout the U.S. that’s struggling though. Even my little old hometown in Central Michigan sort of makes me sad to see today. Good mom and pop stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, plumbers, local restaurants etc have mostly been replaced by dollar stores, pawn shops, check cashing places, and coin laundry. It feels very strange. Oddly enough I’ve really come to appreciate so many more good things in Michigan now, only after I’ve moved.
I personally couldn’t live year round anywhere away from Metro Detroit or maybe Grand Rapids. I need to be near amenities.
@@ChrisHarden I hear ya. In as much as I love getting away to the wilderness or somewhere remote for a hike, ski, camping, or whatever, I think I’ll always be just that little bit more 49% country but always 51% city. I just need my amenities, sports, other entertainment, culture, restaurants, etc.
It's been an odd winter, but it's not unheard of to see snow in June in the UP
I’m from Southfield Michigan and we’ve got snow in the last couple of Mays. Going to snow today and in April. Springs have been getting cold and cold around here. Nothing is blooming yet. Usually we have crocus by now. Not this. If you don’t like cold weather. Michigan isn’t for you.
I wouldn't think it that weird to see snow in June in the U.P. Especially off of Lake Superior.
Now snow in June in Detroit, that would be strange.
Great Take. 10+ years ago, snow over roof tops up there. three feet is nothing. :).
Next winter I want to try and see some more extremes by heading out further west.
@@ChrisHarden Great Idea.. Im older. lol. 2005-2006 staying in the sault area, u.p. they were like snows over some roof tops. Got to have snowmobile etc.. :)❤️
I live in the western part of UP, in a town called Ontonagon. It is located on Lake Superior near the Porcupine Mountains.
midwest. Peter h still alive and kicking?
I grew up in Mackinaw City. Go ask about the spring of 1972. We were snowed in our house on Henry st.
Chris, Keep up the good work love your videos.
Thanks!
My mom is from Ironwood, Michigan over by the Wisconsin state line. Beautiful country.
Northern Lower Michigan, and the upper peninsula (in the summer) is one of my favorite places in the world.
Spent many years up there snowmobiling.. usually newberry, grand Maria's Munising, strongs, and the soo.. been up there on many trips over the years when we show up to 2ft on the ground and leave 3, 4 days later to 5 ft on the ground
Turned 18 2 days ago and recendyl got an apartment in the UP!!!
The only car I have is a 2007 mustang from Texas when I got it 2 years ago, it’s gonna be a fun winter I can’t wait.
Lol. Depends on how far you have to drive. Up there for school?
I wish you had veered off to take a little look at the little town of Rudyard. I attended high school there in the 8th and 9th grades. My dad was stationed at Kencheloe AFB from '61 -'63. and I just loved it there.
Miss this
Omg real snow I how I miss real winters and sleds scraping skis down local streets
At least the dearflies and mosquitos aren't biting!
You're NOT kidding about those horrible critters!
Another great video Chris. Admire your courage to go up there in winter on those roads. How nervous was your wife on those roads? As I’ve mentioned before I love the bridge area. I did not know you lived in Detroit. Do you root for any of the Detroit sports teams? Having grown up in lower Michigan but now have long lived in Wisconsin, I still will always hope and pray for some Detroit team to win a championship. Thanks again for showing us a great place, the U.P. I just subscribed because you did. Keep up good work👏
We were both equally nervous. It’s not always about how good of a driver you might be, but it’s also about worrying about who else is on the road. For example, how overconfident other drivers might be to where they’re more vulnerable to cause an accident because of it. So many pile-ups are caused from people driving too fast for the conditions… but traffic in the U.P. Is always light.
This video is amazing Chris. The views is beautiful. You 6’5? Wow. Big guy and handsome.
Sault ste marie is Awesome...and I like Munising mi either ways it's just a little town . But still an awesome place
You like to see snow head to the Keweenaw Calumet area
over 350 inches and more.
I know that the snow on the ground in the Keweenaw peninsula was likely higher than what was in the Sault Ste. Marie area… but 29 feet of snow on the ground at any current moment? Doubt it.
@@ChrisHarden 82 year average of 187.4" of snowfall. Search "Keweenaw Snow Thermometer"
@@webb-cast1030 Damn. Guess I’m ignorant. I need to find a way to fit more time in my schedule next winter to head out there and make a video.
let me tell you all. the UP and the yoopers is one of the best unkept secrets in america.. despite the climate. it is truly one of the best places on earth.. Pasty anyone?