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Treetops Resort – Twelve Days of Christmas

The following items will be available on any given weekday commencing December 5th and wrapping up just before Christmas. A perfect opportunity to do your Christmas Shopping.

An item will be announced daily via an e-blast and will be available for sale beginning at 12:00am on the morning it is announced and available until 11:59pm the day after it is announced. Some items have a limit on the number we will sell, so act quickly!

Please Like us on Facebook as we will tip our facebook fans off as to the following days item the evening before so you’ll have first crack at purchasing.

Here are the items in no particular order:

1. Season Ski Pass at Fill A Triple Pricing ($177) without having to Fill A Triple (save up to $22 per skier/rider)

2. Lift Ticket and Lesson for $79 (save up to $29 per skier/rider)

3. Weekend Lift Ticket at the Midweek rate of $29 (save up to $20 per skier/rider) – limit first 20 sold.

4. New and Improved Ladies Golf School during the 2013 season at the 2012 price – $599 (save up to $50) – limit first 10 sold and this package is based on double occupancy.

5. Spectacular Ski Package including one night lodging (based on double occupancy) in the best available hotel room, day of arrival lift ticket and the full following day lift ticket, one hour ski clinic, one breakfast and a commemorative Treetops Cup – $79 – limited to the first 20 sold (must buy this package in groups of two as it is for double occupancy. Cannot be used on New Years Eve 2012 or the nights of February 15 and 16, 2013.

6. Golf Academy Specials
– Including winter programs in our state of the art Academy Building and Summer 2013 programs. Perfect for the golfer on your Christmas list.

7. Round of Golf on the world famous Threetops – $35 (save up to $14 per round).

8. Golf Apparel and Accessories Blowout – check out our online store and we’ll blow out some of our golf apparel and accessories with discounts up to 60% off. Limited merchandise available.

9. Unbelievable Ski Package for two – $99 includes overnight lodging for two in the Inn or Chalets, 1 day lift ticket for 2 and a 1 hour clinic. One low price for two people sharing a room. Date restrictions apply for this package (value of over $200).

10. Couples Spa Package – $200 (save $42) includes Couples Massage and Couples Pedicure (fellas it’s awesome!). limit to the first 10 sold.

11. Memberships – Golf Memberships of all kinds for the 2013 season for less. Many options to choose from.

12. Purchase a Gift Certificate for $100 and receive $125 in value – Treetops Gift Certificates can be used for any amenity at Treetops. As an added bonus, one lucky purchaser of this special will receive a $200 gift certificate for their $100 purchase.

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Boyne Highlands Resort Celebrates 50 Years – January 31 – February 2, 2014

The 1963/64 Season – Today

Since opening for the 1963/64 winter season Boyne Highlands Resort has maintained a rich tradition of providing guests with a timeless retreat, to which they are warmly welcomed to an uncomplicated and positive sporty experience.

Join us for a full season of special events and treats including our 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend, January 31-February 2, 2014. The weekend begins on Friday with a special welcome, night skiing, classic movie, horse-drawn wagon rides, and musical entertainment.  Saturday evening highlights include a tribute dinner party, live music, fireworks, and much more.
A special lodging package with a commemorative gift will
be available.

The Story of Boyne Highlands Resort

With skiing on the upswing and Boyne Mountain doing well, Everett Kircher, founder of Boyne Resorts, figured it was time for another move.

The Harbor Highlands ski area in Harbor Spring was founded by 27 stockholders from Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and area resorters, and started in 1955 with an expansion in 1958/59. A total of five runs had been cut which extended less than halfway to the top of the ridge and uphill transportation consisted of a pomalift and four rope tows. A small day lodge with a bar and restaurant had been built at the base of the hill. But soon the owners ran out of money, amassed considerable debt and were forced to close down. After being closed for two seasons, the ski area went up for sale. When Kircher decided to buy the property, he insisted on paying off the creditors as well as making sure that all the shareholders recovered their full investments. He said at the time, “I’d like to go into the area with everybody feeling happy about the deal and about Boyne.”

Kircher committed the next year to planning and went on to purchase and additional 2,900 acres of land adjacent to the Harbor Highlands ski area in order to create his vision of a large year-round ski and summer resort. During planning, Kircher, his wife, and six-year-old son, John were squeezed together on a double-place chairlift at Boyne Mountain when Kircher thought, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a three-passanger chairlift instead of just a two? A triple?” And so the phone call was made to chairlift manufacture, Riblet, and they agreed it could be done. When Boyne Highlands opened in the winter season of 1963/64, guest were greeted to not one, but two, of the first triple chairlifts ever built.

Boyne Highlands was instantly praised. The New York Times said, “The new development underscores the fact that Northern Michigan, once known only as a summer resort area, now attracts sports enthusiasts and vacationists on a year-round basis. Winter sports, in fact, have grown phenomenally in this region.”

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Mount Bohemia – Opening Saturday, January 16, 2016

OPENING THIS SATURDAY!

Good news we are opening Saturday with over 58 runs and almost 350 acres of terrain !!!

We will open the following sections with both chair lifts operating on Saturday and Sunday.

100% front side, 100% of Haunted Valley, 65% of Bear den 100% of Tommy knockers, 100% of the Badlands, 90% of Bohemia bluffs, 100% of the graveyard, 80% of Middle Earth.

Lake effect snow starting Friday night into Monday. Enjoy the powder but remember early season conditions will exist.

Early season conditions exist! Expect the unexpected. Open runs are in pretty good shape but trees have thin areas so remember there are obstacles hidden in the snow.

This year the top of the mountain has received quite a bit more than the bottom so use caution as you transition to the lower parts of Bohemia.

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January 13, 2016

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