BY RYAN BRISCOE
Copy Editor
Home to miles of maintained cross country skiing trails open to the greater Winona community and open to Saint Mary’s University students, the SMU Environmental Awareness Center (EAC) provides equipment free to any SMU students who wish to try their luck on skiis.
The trails are maintained by the Winona Ski Club and Brother John Grover. Brother Jerome Rademacher, who recently retired from trail maintenance due to health complications, was enthusiastic about the trails’ maintenance and expansion. Brother John said Brother Jerome was a ski enthusiast, but he gave it (cross country skiing) up in order to help take care of the trails. Brother John operates the EAC and makes skiis and snowshoes available. The EAC is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m., but Brother John is also willing to meet people at other times to loan equipment.
Brother John is willing to take new skiers out on the trail. “There’s not a lot to it,” he said. “I wish more people would take advantage of this equipment; it’s really here for the students. Cross-country skiing is a lifetime sport, and there’s no better exercise.”
Brother John can be contacted at jgrover@smumn.edu or by calling Ext. 1404.
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