You don’t have to be an Olympic speedskater to glide along an icy loop in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The city of Houghton has created a skating path at Kestner Park.
Five laps around the “ice ribbon” equal about a mile.
Brad Barnett of the Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau said it's another way to enjoy winter in the U.P.
The ice was created by flooding a paved path.
Officials were inspired to do something after seeing the popularity of a frozen canal between Houghton and Hancock in December.
Skaters, hockey players and the curious flocked to the ice.
