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July 31 Iron County Heritage Days, Iron County, featuring festivals, events and more. Iron County Heritage Parade, Hurley. Penokee Mountain Bike Classic Road Race, bicycling through the Penokee Range, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. registration, Mellen, mellenwi.com.
August events Tour da UP, Baraga, A 5-day bike tour of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula starting and ending in Baraga. The tour is fully supported with food, equipment transportation and mechanical support. Registration available here, shop.tourdaup.com.
Aug. 4 Mercer Loon Day, more than 250 artists and crafters, flea market, music, sidewalk sales, loon calling contest, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mercerloonday.com. Superior Bike Ride, 6:30 p.m., Don & GG’s, Ironwood.
Aug. 5-8 Iron County Fair, Saxon; antique tractor show, rides, mud run, food and entertainment. Aug. 11 Superior Bike ride, 10 a.m., Ironwood Depot Park.
Aug. 12-15 Gogebic County Fair, county fairgrounds, Ironwood. Food and fun with harness racing, rides, grandstand concerts, mud run and shows, gogebiccountyfair.com.
Aug. 14 Arts in Heritage Park, downtown Hurley, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Art for sale by local artists. For more information contact the Hurley Chamber office at 715-561-4334.
Aug. 18 Superior Bike Ride, 6 p.m., Brewsters, Ironwood.
Aug. 21 Michigan Free ORV Weekend, no license required. Aug. 25 Superior Bike Ride, 10 a.m., Iron-
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Copper Peak
The Adventure Ride at Copper Peak is a popular area attraction that provides panoramic views from the top of a former ski jump. The jump was used for international ski competitions from 1970 until it was closed in 1994. The Adventure Ride lets visitors take an 800-foot chair lift ride to an observation deck where visitors can view from there, or continue up an additional eight stories to the very top. The awe-inspiring, unobstructed vista overlooks the south shore of Lake Superior including Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park that is 25 miles northeast in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; 40 miles northwest past the Apostle Islands and northeast Wisconsin, and north across Lake Superior to Isle Royle, Michigan, and to northern Minnesota and Canada. The Adventure Ride typically opens Memorial Day Weekend and this year will be dependent on the expiration of the current COVID-19 shutdown order. Once open the Adventure Ride will be operational through mid-October. Copper Peak is 10 miles north of Bessemer by taking Black River Road (County Road 513) to N13870 Copper Peak Road. There are on-site mountain bike trails, a gift shop. Copper Peak is a registered Michigan Historic Site and member of the Western Upper Peninsula Heritage Network. For more information, visit copperpeak.net. wood Depot Park.
Aug. 26-Sept. 5 Emberlight Festival, bringing art and entertainment to the Western U.P. Features music, visual arts, film, theatre, dance and creative writing. Range Art Association’s 66th annual Art Show. Call 313-670-1565 or visit the Range Art Association facebook page for details.
September events Lake Gogebic Area Chamber 42nd annual Fall Walleye Tournament, held in the second weekend of September, more information at lakegogebicarea.com.
Sept. 1 Superior Bike Ride, Rigoni’s Bar, 6 p.m.
Sept. 4 Festivale Italiano, games, food, dance, Hurley. Northwoods Bad Dash Mud Run, Registration due Aug. 31, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. nwbaddash.com. Sept. 4-5 Ontonagon Labor Festival organizers
are making plans for another weekend of fun, games, music and food, highlighted by a parade on Sunday, Sept. 5. Sept. 8 Superior Bike Ride, 6 p.m., Cold Iron Brewery, Ironwood.
Sept. 11 Copper Peak Trail Fest, Copper Peak, Ironwood. Arts in Heritage Park, downtown Hurley, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Art for sale by local artists. For more information contact the Hurley Chamber office at 715-561-4334 Sept. 17-18 Gogebic Music Festival at Big Snow Resort, all day event. Festival held on the slopes of Indianhead.
Sept. 23 MI-TRALE Senior Citizen Color Tour, Watersmeet, mi-trale.org.
Sept. 24-26 Bessemer annual Pumpkin Festival, bessemerpumpkinfest.com.
Sept. 25 Bridges & Bluffs half-marathon, Ironwood.