Ski and ride from the moment you arrive.
Package Includes:
• Nightly lodging
• FREE skiing on arrival day with open-to-close downhill lift tickets through departure day
For families staying at Crystal Mountain:
• Kids 17 and under Sleep FREE ANYTIME
• Kids 17 and under Ski FREE SUNDAY-THURSDAY*
• Kids 6 and under Sleep, Ski and Eat Breakfast FREE ANYTIME
*Free Skiing is only valid if you are on a Ski Package and excludes peak season dates.
Package Available: December 4, 2015 – April 5, 2016
Check Rates & Reserve Online » or call (877) 767-0204 for reservations.
Package Terms: Rates based on double occupancy in standard hotel accommodations, unless stated otherwise. Rate is subject to taxes and service fee; not valid with any other discounts, special offers or group rates. Rates and dates are subject to availability and may change without notice. Reservations may be subject to minimum night stay requirements on holiday and peak season dates. Downhill rental equipment not included with lodging package.
Lift Hours
With the exception of Christmas/New Year (December 21-January 3) and President’s Week/Mid-Winter Break (February 15-21), lifts will close at 4:30pm on Monday and Tuesday nights. Crystal Mountain will be open seven days a week with night skiing and riding Wednesday through Sunday (conditions permitting).
Slope hours are reduced in early and late season. Lift hours are subject to change based on weather conditions. Check our current Snow Report >>
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Thanksgiving Harvest Buffet
11am-3pm
Fresh Garden Green Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette or Ranch
Traditional Caesar Salad, Shaved Parmesan Cheese & Herb Sourdough Croutons
Broccoli Salad with Feta Cheese, Kalamata Olives and Herb Vinaigrette
Smoked Whitefish Gratin with Crisp Vegetables and Crackers
Display of Domestic and International Cheeses
Peel and Eat Shrimp
Artisan Breads
From the Hot Kiosk
Fire-Roasted Vegetables with Bowtie Pasta
Garlic and Herb Cod with Lemon Butter
Green Bean Casserole • Traditional Stuffing
Butter Whipped Potatoes • Candied Sweet Potatoes
From the Carver
Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Giblet Gravy and Cranberry Sauce
Slow-Roasted Top Round with Mushroom Jus
From the Pastry Shop
Pastry Chef’s Selection of Sweet Delights
Adults: $24 • Seniors: $22 • Children 9-12: $12 • Children 5-8: $10 • Children Under 4: Free Reservations Recommended: 231.533.8621, ext. 7100
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Brew Ski Bash 2012
We love few things more than beer, skiing, and live music. That’s why we get together every year with our friends from Shanty Creek Resort for a Brew:Ski bash to celebrate the coming ski season and the unique proximity between Short’s pub and Shanty’s slopes. As it is already cold and snowy up here in Northern Michigan, we’re getting very excited for the coming winter.
The Brew:Ski Bash tradition includes free Shanty Creek lift passes for the first 100 guests, discount lift passes for everyone else, the release of our entire stout lineup, and a rockin’ night of tunes by Funktion, with special guests Circle of Heat. This year, Brew:Ski Bash falls on Saturday, November 24th and the festivities will kick off at 7:30 pm.
For 2012-13, our pub stouts will include tried and true favorites S’mores Stout and Uber Goober, plus several first time ever, pub-experimentals, including Ben’s Asthma (American Strong Stout), Yer My Boy Blue (Blueberry Milk Stout), Dirty Sturks (Double Chocolate Stout on Nitro), and Empress Catherine (Imperial Stout). We’ll have 20 total brews on tap, as always, plus other bottle selections.
Admission is $5 at the door.
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More News From Shanty Creek Resort
Crystal Mountain is adding snow bikes this winter for northern Michigan’s only dedicated snow bike trail system. The resort has added to their snowmaking capacity this year with new water pipes and more snow guns. More than half of the Wintergreen condominiums units have been upgraded with new kitchens (many with new bathrooms as well) and are ready for this ski season.
Also new this year, a Sunday-only pass is available for $159 and kids under 8 can get a season pass for $25.
2012-13 Mountain Upgrades
The Big Pipe
This fall, Crystal Mountain is undertaking several projects that will help deliver a better product for our guests while, at the same time, conserving energy and money.
One new project that will appeal to skiers and riders is the addition of a twelve inch diameter, 600 foot long snowmaking header pipe which runs from the bottom of the Buck ski run almost to the Crystal Clipper lift tower line. This installation was completed in September.
Crystal Mountain CEO, Jim MacInnes, who is also a licensed professional engineer, says this new pipeline will significantly reduce water friction losses, especially at full snowmaking flows which can reach up to 6000 gallons per minute. “This high pressure piping upgrade will allow Crystal’s snowmaking team to deliver the same amount of water to our snow guns using 200 less pumping horsepower during periods of full flow. It will also allow us to be more productive during colder snowmaking temperatures when our snow guns are operating at maximum efficiency.”
More snow with less energy. That’s good news for everyone on and off the mountain.
More Firepower
All that water will be feeding more snow guns, too. New snow guns will be mounted near the base of Main Street under the Crystal Clipper High Speed Quad lift and another along the North Face Quad lift.
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