MARQUETTE — Registration is open for the annual February Becoming an Outdoors-Woman winter weekend event, as well as several smaller “Beyond BOW” activities, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.

The winter weekend, set for Feb. 24-26, is for women 18 and older who are seeking an opportunity to improve their outdoor skills in a relaxed, noncompetitive atmosphere.

The BOW program is sponsored by the DNR and offers instruction in up to two dozen different types of indoor and outdoor activities, including cross-country skiing, archery, winter camping and shelter building, ice fishing, fly tying, winter biking, wilderness first aid, wood burning, snowshoeing along with several new features, such as wild game preserving and canning.

Instructors provide basic and advanced teaching that is tailored to each participant’s individual ability. The program also includes special evening programs during the weekend.

BOW participants stay and take their classes at the Bay Cliff Health Camp, a universally accessible facility overlooking Lake Superior about 30 miles north of Marquette near Big Bay.

Participants will be housed in a dorm-style facility with amenities, including a sauna and hiking trails with access to northern hardwood forests and Lake Superior.

The $275 registration fee includes all food and lodging, as well as most equipment and supplies, except as noted in the registration materials. Scholarships are also available on a limited basis.

In addition to the winter weekend event, three Beyond BOW outings are scheduled for early in 2023 in the Marquette area, as well as a film event at the Peter White Library in Marquette. These include:

— Do-it-yourself backcountry meals, Monday, Jan. 9, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.

— Evening snowshoe hike, Thursday, Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

— Evening snowshoe hike, Tuesday, March 7, 5:45 p.m. Eastern time.

— BOW and the Fresh Coast Film Festival, Tuesday, April 4, 6 p.m. Eastern time at the Peter White Library. Registration is not required for this event. However, the capacity at the venue is 125.

Class information, registration materials and scholarship applications are available online to print at Michigan.gov/BOW.

For more information on the winter BOW program, contact coordinator Michelle Zellar at 517-582-3854, or by e-mail at DNRBOW@michigan.gov.