While the activities offered in each semester are quite similar, the timing and frequency of any given activity is affected by what our climate and weather dictate. In the fall semester, there is ample time for warmer-weather activities (hiking, boating, biking, etc.) before winter sets in, typically in November. Usually, in the final weeks of the fall semester, students will have the chance to experience winter activities such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and sledding. The spring semester essentially reverses this progression, as students arrive in mid-winter, with plenty of time for winter activities. After the snow has melted and the ice goes out on our lakes (typically sometime in late April), students participate in the warm-weather activities.