Dec 11, 2016
[Updated: 12/11/16 at 2:15 p.m.] Earlier this morning we were notified that there was a large fire in The Main Lodge at Boyne Highlands Resort. A statement released by Boyne Highlands stated approximately 40% of the building sustained fire damage, with much of the...
Dec 5, 2016
Picking the right skis can be a challenge. There are so many choices and with a ski package in most cases being well north of $800, choosing wrong can be costly and leave you feeling burned. Given the opportunity to test out many skis for 2016/2017 prior to them...
Nov 17, 2016
After 16 long years and numerous fallen deals, Sugar Loaf Ski Resort, in Cedar, MI has finally been purchased. Steven Haugen, a building official with the Leelanau County Construction Code Authority reported to the Traverse City Record Eagle that Jeff Katofsky, an...
Aug 30, 2016
Having grown up in a small northern Michigan resort town, the ski community was a pretty tight group and coming up through the ranks of high school ski racing your community grew exponentially. Competing with other regional schools at their resorts really opened up...
Feb 5, 2016
I’d wager that most my trips out lately have some degree of pre-planning involved. While I’m very fortunate that my occupation allows me to schedule a day off here and there midweek to catch a good storm, that luxury doesn’t come without cost. Being based in Grand...
Nov 13, 2015
We’re here to tell you, the birthplace of competitive snowboarding is not dead. Rumors are just that. Rumors, and the individuals in the snowsports community appear to be a speculative bunch. In addition to rumor, allegations were swirling around that Cannonsburg Ski...
Oct 28, 2015
Out west, snow’s falling. Here in Michigan the temps are falling, too. Ski season is so close you can taste it in the air. Many of us have our eyes on the weather and are thinking about winter ski plans – shaping our budgets for gear, buying lift tickets and...
Feb 26, 2015
Cat skiing no longer is limited to the western United States. Owners of Mount Bohemia in Michigan’s upper peninsula announce Voodoo Mountain to open this next season! Just south of Copper Harbor, Voodoo Mountain is slated to open December 2015. Claiming nearly...
Feb 25, 2015
Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis | A Family Affair My first introduction to the Thompson family was back in the fall of 2008 covering the Snowsports Summit and Skitoberfest at Boyne Mountain. Back then, not only did Boyne have their usual fall festivities throughout...
Jan 9, 2015
Check out this interactive map from Andrew Krietz at MLive. Originally we stumbled on this for metro Grand Rapids but you can zoom out and go pretty much anywhere in the state and check out snow totals. Powered by National Weather Service data created on 1/8/15...