Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis

Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis 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...

Winter Is Back

Winter Is Back In case you didn't notice, winter is back in Michigan as the upper midwest got smacked with a serious cold front that ripped through over the past 10 days and it's not looking to let up!  After a couple weeks of sliding on slush in the fog, these arctic...

Earning November Turns

Earning November Turns Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you failed to realize winter has arrived for much of the upper midwest. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula got socked with an early season storm cycle that blew in 14″ and counting. Marquette...

2014/2015 Michigan Ski Season Opener

2014/2015 Michigan Ski Season Opener We’ve waited all summer long for this. The kickoff to the 2014/2015 ski and snowboard season is upon us. While a few ski areas around Michigan have been open for a week now, the weather has been in nearly everyone’s favor to make the push and open well...

Mt Brighton Steps Up Its Game

Mt Brighton Steps Up Its Game With the Vail Resorts acquisition of Mt. Brighton last season, we knew the southeast Michigan ski hill was eventually going to be transformed. Beginning this summer, Mt. Brighton went under the knife for possibly the largest upgrade to a ski area in the midwest....

Sammy C Project filmed at Copper Peak

Sammy C Project filmed at Copper Peak This one just dropped and at first glance I thought for sure it was going to be full of the usual ski porn edit-ry. Blower face shots of endless pow and pillow fields. Big backcountry booters and jibs for days. Then at 0:22 the heli pans over a ski jump in the great...