Brief histories of current Michigan ski areas.
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- Current Areas
- Al Quaal Recreation Area – Ishpeming
- Alpine Valley – White Lake
- Big Powderhorn – Bessemer
- Blackjack Resort – Bessemer
- Boyne Mountain – Boyne Falls
- Caberfae Peaks – Cadillac
- Crystella Ski Hill – Crystal Falls
- Gladstone Ski Hill – Gladstone
- Hanson Hills Recreation Area – Grayling
- Hickory Hills – Traverse City
- Indianhead Mountain – Wakefield
- Missaukee Mountain – Lake City
- Mont Ripley – Hancock
- Mt. Bohemia – Lac La Belle
- Mt. Brighton – Brighton
- Mt. Holiday – Traverse City
- Mt. Holly Ski Area — Holly
- Mt. McSauba Ski Area – Charlevoix
- Norway Mountain – Norway
- Nub’s Nob – Cross Village
- Otsego Ski Club – Gaylord
- Pando Winter Sports Park – Rockford
- Petoskey Winter Sports Park – Petoskey
- Pine Knob – Clarkston
- Pine Mountain – Iron Mountain
- Porcupine Mountains Ski Area – Ontonagon
- Shanty Creek – Bellaire
- Silver Mountain Ski Area – St. Ignace
- Ski Brule – Iron River
- Snowsnake Mountain – Harrison
- Swiss Valley – Jones
- The Homestead – Glen Arbor
- Timber Ridge – Gobles
- Treetops – Gaylord
- Firsts?
- Jumping Hills
- Alpine Valley – White Lake
- Benzie Ski Jump – Elberta
- Bloomer Ski Jump – Rochester Hills
- Briar Hill Ski Area and Jump – Mesick
- Brighton Ski Jumps – Brighton
- Copper Peak – Ironwood
- Echo Valley – Kalamazoo
- Grayling Winter Sports Park Ski Jump – Grayling
- Hotel Golfmore Ski Jump – New Buffalo
- Mt. Grampian Jump – Oxford
- Munising Ski Jump – Munising
- Northville Jump – Northville
- Pine Mountain Jump – Iron River
- Snow Valley – Gaylord
- Sugar Loaf – Cedar
- Suicide Hill – Ishpeming
- Wolverine Hill – Ironwood
- Resources
- Ski Regions
- Northeast Lower Peninsula Ski Areas
- Alpena Ski Areas
- Cheboygan
- Gaylord
- AuSable Ski Ranch – Gaylord
- Gay-El-Rancho – Gaylord
- Lovells Winter Playland – Lovells
- Michaywe – Gaylord
- Mt. Frederic – Frederic
- Roundtops – Gaylord
- Sheridan Valley – Lewiston
- Ski Village – Waters
- Snow Valley – Gaylord
- Sylvan Knob – Gaylord
- Sylvan Resort – Gaylord
- The Pinnacles – Gaylord
- Tyrollean Hills – Gaylord
- Vanderbilt Ski Club – Vanderbilt
- Waters Ski Club – Waters
- Woodridge Ski Area – Lewiston
- Harrison
- Mio
- Tawas
- West Branch
- Northwest Lower Peninsula Ski Areas
- Boyne Falls Ski Areas
- Cadillac Ski Areas
- Bear Hills – Bear Lake
- Big-M Ski Area – Manistee National Forest
- Birch Hills Ski Area – Paris
- Briar Hill Ski Area – Mesick
- Buck Hills – Thompsonville
- Chimney Corners Resort – Frankfort
- Elberta Mountain Winter Sports Park and Ski Jump – Elberta
- Lost Pines Lodge – Harrietta
- Manistee Ski Area – Manistee
- McGuires Ski Resort – Cadillac
- Missaukee Mountain – Lake City
- Pere Marquette Ski Club – Buttersville
- Udell Hills – Manistee
- Ward Hills Winter Sports Area – Branch
- Grayling Ski Areas
- Mancelona Ski Areas
- Petoskey Ski Areas
- Traverse City Ski Areas
- Southeast Lower Peninsula Areas
- Southwest Lower Peninsula Areas
- Binder Park – Battle Creek
- Brady’s Hills – Lakeview
- Brock Park – Ionia
- Carousel Mountain – Holland
- Eskar Hills Ski Area – Middleville
- Fry’s Winter Sports Park – Comstock
- Goshorn Hills – Saugatuck
- Grand Beach Ski Club – New Buffalo
- Grand Haven Ski Bowl – Grand Haven
- Grand View Orchards – Hudsonville
- Indian Hills – Grand Rapids
- Kalamazoo Country Club – Kalamazoo
- Little Switzerland Ski Area – Three Rivers
- Middleville Ski Resort – Middleville
- Moon Ridge – Lakeview
- Newago Winter Sports Park – Newago
- Pando Ski Center – Rockford
- Royal Valley – Buchanan
- Schussaway – Lowell
- Ski World – Buchanan
- Winterskol – Lakeview
- Upper Peninsula Areas
- Adventure Mountain – Greenland
- Big Valley – Newberry
- Briar Mountain – Norway
- Bryce’s Hill – St. Ignace
- Chatham Ski Hill – Chatham
- Cliff’s Ridge – Marquette
- Iroquois Mountain Lodge – Sault Ste. Marie
- Lake Shore Ski Club – Sault Ste. Marie
- Maple Mountain Ski Area – Munising
- Mt. Joy – Ironwood?
- Norvul – Norway
- Spring Valley Ski Hill – Caspian
- Thunder Bowl Ski Area – Manistique
- Vulcan USA – Vulcan
- Northeast Lower Peninsula Ski Areas
I learned to ski at Mt. Brighton in the 70′s, have since lived and skied in Colorado and Calf. Now I am a National Ski Patrolman at Mad River Mountain in Ohio. I like Vail very much, but part of my heart will always be at Mt. Holly, Alpine Valley, and Mt. Brighton as they are often in my dreams when I hear an old Gary Wright or Manford Man Song.
Cheers- Tim Pawlaczyk, RN
USAFlightMedic@inbox.com
I began skiing at age 5 at Mt Brighton-1963—skiied every day I could….then taught there professionally under the PSIA status beginning 1976 with Gene Hill, Ziggy Baier…I am looking for the Hill family