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Our Area Pages
- About MILSAP
- Current Areas
- Al Quaal Recreation Area – Ishpeming
- Alpine Valley – White Lake
- Big Powderhorn – Bessemer
- Bittersweet – Otsego
- Blackjack Resort – Bessemer
- Boyne Highlands – Harbor Springs
- Boyne Mountain – Boyne Falls
- Caberfae Peaks – Cadillac
- Cannonsburg – Bellmont
- Covington Twp. Ski Hill – Baraga County
- Crystal Mountain – Thompsonville
- 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
- Mt. Zion – Ironwood
- Mulligan’s Hollow – Grand Haven
- Norway Mountain – Norway
- Nub’s Nob – Cross Village
- Otsego Ski Club – Gaylord
- 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
- Spring Valley Ski Hill – Caspian
- Swiss Valley – Jones
- The Homestead – Glen Arbor
- Timber Ridge – Gobles
- Tower Mountain Ski Hill – Greenville
- 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
- Caberfae Peaks – Cadillac
- Caspian Ski Hill – Caspian
- Copper Peak – Ironwood
- Crystal Falls Ski Jump — Crystal Falls
- Echo Valley – Kalamazoo
- Grayling Winter Sports Park Ski Jump – Grayling
- Hotel Golfmore Ski Jump – New Buffalo
- Kandahar Ski Club – Fenton
- Mt. Grampian Jump – Oxford
- Mt. Joy Ski Jump – Wakefield
- Munising Ski Jump – Munising
- Northville Jump – Northville
- Petoskey Winter Sports Park – Petoskey
- Pine Mountain Jump – Iron Mountain
- Snow Valley – Gaylord
- Sugar Loaf – Cedar
- Suicide Hill – Ishpeming
- Wolverine Hill – Ironwood
- Resources
- Ski Area Patches and Pins
- 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. Frederick – 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
- Diggins Hill Park – Cadillac
- 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
- Echo Valley – Kalamazoo
- 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 Valley State Colleges Ski Hill – Allendale
- Grand View Orchards – Hudsonville
- Indian Hills – Grand Rapids
- Kalamazoo Country Club – Kalamazoo
- Kalamazoo Ski Club — Plainwell
- Little Switzerland Ski Area – Three Rivers
- Middleville Ski Resort – Middleville
- Moon Ridge – Lakeview
- Newago Winter Sports Park – Newago
- Pando Ski Center – Rockford
- Pando Winter Sports Park – Rockford
- Royal Valley – Buchanan
- Russell’s Ridge — Hart
- Schussaway – Lowell
- Ski World – Buchanan
- Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo
- 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
- Mission Hill – Brimley
- Mt. Joy – Wakefield
- Mt. Kimberly – Marenisco
- Mt. Mesnard – Marquette
- Norvul – Norway
- Thunder Bowl Ski Area – Manistique
- Vulcan USA – Vulcan
- Northeast Lower Peninsula Ski Areas
MILSAP 
I skied with my church youth group in February 1977. That was my first time ever. Had a blast and have been skiing since. It had a verticle drop of about 200 feet, the face of the hill was really steep. It was called Winterskol when I was there.