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Indianhead Mountain – “Buy Two Days, Get the 3rd Day Free” Lift Ticket Sale – February 15-18, 2013

Indianhead Mountain Resort announced today a partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to help fund patient care programs and pediatric research.

Indianhead will be offering a special “Buy Two Days, Get the 3rd Day Free“ lift ticket during President’s Weekend, February 15-18.  Guests will be saving over $40 off the normal three day lift ticket.  In addition, a portion from each of these tickets sold will be donated to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

“We are proud to help support the programs and research of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.  Literally thousands of children ski and snowboard at Indianhead each season.  This is our way of saying thanks,” says VP of Sales and Marketing Dave Nyquist. “Hopefully we will have a mountain full of guests supporting this great organization.”

The “Buy Two Days, Get the 3rd Day Free“ lift ticket is available online at  www.indianheadmtn.com.  By purchasing your ticket, you’ll get to enjoy a great vacation on the slopes of Indianhead Mountain and be supporting Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.  Click here to buy and support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Visit Indianhead Mountain Website >>>>

 
 

Sleeping Bear Snow Shoe Adventure – Honor Motel – Benzie County

A Sleeping Bear Snowshoe Rhyme!

We break away from daily captivity to enjoy our favorite winter activity. We like to call it trailblazing, the experience is always amazing. Come along and see, why snowshoeing has a way of setting us free! – Photo Story Courtesy of Honor Motel – Click on photos for slide-show view with captioned photo story…

Great news, we’re happy to rent you our snowshoes. The part we like the most, is that we are so close. We can point you in the right direction to an amazing collection of snow covered perfection! And if you should run in to “Park Ranger Jim”, tell him that his old friend Carol, “has a crush on him”!

Click Here For the Complete Photo Story from the Honor Motel Blog >>>>

 
 

Ski Michigan Photos – May, April & March 2013

Here’s a collection of photos from May, April and March 2013 of skiing and snowboarding on the slopes of Michigan ski areas:


Boyne Mountain Resort – May 4, 2013
Part one of our annual Hemlock Open. Part two, keeping it in the fairways with 9-holes of golf. Enjoying lots of fun in the sun!

Boyne Mountain Resort – April 27, 2013
Great day to work on your goggle tan!

Boyne Mountain Resort – April 20, 2013
Let the good times roll! — Snow is again falling and the slopes are open Saturday and Sunday, 9am-4:30pm.

Pine Mountain Resort – April 19, 2013
We’re living in a winter wonderland! It’s snowing out, just in time for tomorrow! Be sure to join us tomorrow, April 20th from 9am-7pm for skiing and boarding. $5 lift tickets and $5 rentals!

Boyne Mountain Resort – April 13, 2013
The season lives on with great skiing and riding conditions and the Stash Bash on Ramshead!

Pine Mountain Resort – April 12, 2013
3 inches of fresh snow last night and more in the forecast for today! The hill is being groomed and looking great, so be sure to join us for skiing and boarding from 9am – 7pm tomorrow!

Crystal Mountain – April 7, 2013
Last Buck chair. So long old friend. – As we close out our 2012/13 season on the slopes, we look forward to opening a new Buck Quad lift next winter. Thank you to EVERYONE for making this winter truly memorable!

Nub’s Nob Ski Area – April 7, 2013
First Chair, Last Day. Chris Roehn and Jon Hall. Chris has skied everyday this season!

Boyne Mountain Resort – April 7, 2013
The snow just keeps on falling – our remarkable winter means that the lifts will keep spinning on weekends for as long as great conditions continue!

Boyne Highlands Resort – April 6, 2013
Spring Board Meeting – Day One

Milje’s Ski Trails – April 4, 2013
Still Grooming! Wow–freshly groomed as of last evening and the conditions still are fantastic. We can’t predict how long we will be open or how long we will continue to groom, so make sure to get out while you still can. This could be our last weekend! But it’s still great! Enjoy your last few days of Spring Break!

ABR Ski Trails – March 29, 2013
It has been some great spring skiing. We have been grooming daily and have 2 feet of snow on the trail. Trails are open Sat and Sunday and will be closed April 1. Discount season passes on sale.

Boyne Mountain Resort – March 29, 2013
A fantastic Friday of spring skiing at Boyne Mountain… Easter Weekend has begun…

Porcupine Mountain Ski Area – March 29, 2013
Bluebird spring skiing…. This is hard to beat!

Cross Country Ski Headquarters – March 30, 2013
Super fun day. Time trials, people skiing for the first time, a cookout on the deck under a sunny sky… Couldn’t ask for a better Easter weekend!

Crystal Mountain Resort – March 28, 2013
More corduroy and sunshine this morning. We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today with a high near 43F. We have 37 slopes open with machine groomed conditions. Frontside lifts are open 9am-5pm and North Face is open 10am-4:30pm. And don’t forget, only $25 for an open-to-close lift ticket for the rest of our ski season!

Nub’s Nob Ski Area – March 27, 2013
WE ARE STILL SKIING 🙂 Excellent spring conditions on hill! Do not let the lack of snow in your back yard fool you, we still have 12 days of skiing/riding ahead of us!

Boyne Highlands – March 24, 2013
“Chocolate Cake” Downhill.

Boyne Highlands – March 23, 2013
Coors Light Ski League Championships on North Challenger.

Indianhead Mountain – March 22, 2013
Taken Friday at Indianhead Mountain. Incredible spring snow!

Crystal Mountain – March 20, 2013
Powder stashes are still waiting to be found after yesterday’s amazing snowfall. And the white stuff has been falling off and on all day this first day of spring!

Boyne Highlands Resort – March 20, 2013
Pillows of powder – and it’s still snowing!

Boyne Mountain Resort – March 20, 2013
Getting fresh tracks with 5+ inches of snowfall. What makes this spring even sweeter? More than 18″ of snow in the last week and a half! — at Boyne Mountain Resort.

Caberfae Peaks – March 19, 2013
Powder Day at Caberfae Peaks – Waddy & Larry on Bullet

Shanty Creek Resorts – March 9, 2013
Best Design – Cardboard Classic 2013

Cross Country Ski Headquarters – March 8, 2013
Great conditions for the 8th graders from Hemlock yesterday. Some of the year’s best skiing is now! Stu has been grooming since 8:00 and conditions are great!

Shanty Creek Resorts – March 8, 2013
Tele Turns – 8 March 2013

The Homestead – Leelanau County – March 8, 2013
Blue bird skies today to kick off our last weekend of the 2012-13 ski season. We hope to see you on the slopes!

Ski Milje’s – Wakefield – March 8, 2013
Freshly groomed and 15K of classical track set this morning. Should be a great day for skiing! Come on out as the season is winding down! The trails are in outstanding condition!!! Bring your sunglasses today!

Corsair Ski Trails – March 7, 2013
Spring conditions on the trails this weekend. Despite the mild temperature there is still plenty of snow and the tracks are holding up very well. Tess took this photo this afternoon while skiing at Silver Valley. She reports “Lots of fun in pleasant temperatures!”

Crystal Mountain – March 6, 2013
Grey skies today but the slopes are all white so we’re not complaining.

Boyne Mountain Resort – March 6, 2013
Ripping turns on another bluebird morning.

Boyne Mountain Resort – March 5, 2013
“Fantastic skiing” and “top-notch conditions!” Just a few of the phrases being heard out on the slopes today.

ABR Ski Trails – March 4, 2013
We have plenty of snow. The skiing has been very good with nice temps. The Ski Shop Sale continues. Top end race demo skis with bindings normal price $650-750…… NOW $325 – $500

Boyne Mountain Resort – March 3, 2013
Racers from across the region competed on the fabled Hemlock run in honor of Boyne Resorts’ founder Everett Kircher in today’s slalom race.

Swiss Valley Ski & Snowboard Area – March 3, 2013
We can feel it….this is the PERFECT day to ski or snowboard! Here’s hoping for a day just like yesterday…Bluebird Skies/Corduroy/Friends/Family/Equipment to Demo/Food to Eat/Live Music/Beer to Drink/Sunshine on the Deck….the list goes on and on

Cross Country Ski Headquarters – March 2
Manitou grooming up beautifully! Groomer Young Bob is on it this morning!
 
 
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