CALUMET, MI - Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula may still be covered in several feet of snow, but that didn't stop the Calumet track team from getting outside and doing its thing.

In a series of photos shared to the Upper Peninsula high school's Facebook page on Thursday, April 19, the track team can be seen practicing outside even though more than 7 feet of snow remains on the football field in the center of the track.

"We joke about snow shoe track and snow shoe golf," said Calumet Athletic Director Sean Jacques. "But, you know how coaches are. They want to get going with the season, so this is what we must do. We're making the best of the weather."

Assistant coach Don Hill said the team recruited The National Park Service next door to use a snow blower attached to a Bobcat to clear the track, but even that wasn't easy.

"The far end of the track was drifted pretty deep so they had a hard time getting through that area," he said.

Official records indicate the Calumet received more than 330 inches of snow this winter, and even though the village near the northernmost part of Michigan is accustomed to snowfall, all this April snow is certainly throwing a wrench into the spring sports schedule.

Even with a pushed-back schedule to accommodate for slow-melting springs in the U.P., Jacques has already been forced to cancel season-opening double-headers in softball and baseball. A home track meet scheduled for Tuesday will also likely have to be cancelled and that's just the start.

"Unfortunately, cancellations are going to continue," Jacques said.

As for the photos of "Calumet's first boys track snow meet," which was just a glorified practice, they have proven to be quite popular.

Photos of the team running through snow, hurdling snow piles, high jumping onto snowbanks and throwing discus have been shared nearly 3,000 times.

It's not ideal, but in the northern regions of Michigan, that's just the way it is.

"We don't enjoy the same length of season that the schools down state do," Jacques said. "It will be challenging spring for sure, but we will make the best of it and salvage what we can."