Michigan Ski & Snowboard Blog

Feb 25
BPM Fun Race - A good time for all ages.

Mar 10
Hawaii Fest - Tropical fun on the slopes. We’ll provide the fun activities, like the egg toss and penguin race, and some great prizes too.

Mar 10
Skating Party - Bring your skates and we’ll supply the refreshments and fun at our outdoor skating rink.

Mar 17
Spring Carnival - Bring a costume, enter some fun events, and have a great time! Featuring a costume contest, egg toss, and obstacle course. Lots of prizes too!

Mar 18
BPM Fun Race - A good time for all ages.

Mar 19
Spring Specials - We’re committing to giving you some Spring Deals. We’re just not saying what they are - yet.

March 25
Our Last Day of Skiing

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SNOFARI/SPRING BREAK SPECIALS
Starting at $109.00 per person based on quad occupancy. Includes 2 nights lodging in a hotel style room and 2 day lift ticket. Snofari runs March 4, 2007 through the end of the season.

3 for 2 Lodging Special! Stay 3 nights for the price of 2!! (condos & chalets only) Valid March 4, 2007 through the end of the season.

SKI THE REST OF THE SEASON FREE!
Sale begins March 5, 2007
Buy your 2007/2008 Indianhead season pass now and ski the rest of this season FREE plus all of next season as well! Adult passes starting at $231*. Junior passes starting at $197*. Senior passes starting at $156*. Children 9 and under ski FREE with each paid adult.

*Must purchase in groups of 4 or more to recieve maximum savings.

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INDIANHEAD GIFT CARD AVAILABLE
Gift card good for food, lift tickets, lodging, rentals and more. Give one to the kids instead of cash for lunch or lift tickets. May be purchased at Lodge Front Desk, Ticket Office, Guest Services or Health & Racquet.

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• Great conditions. The forecast calls for normal February temps and snow!

• All 53 slopes are in super shape. It’s a fine holiday week for skiing and riding.

• New boardercross and skiercross course on Southwest Passage is a huge hit! Race side-by-side against your friends and family on our full-length course complete with banked turns and jumps. It’s a blast!

• North America’s #1 Terrain Park for snowboarders and freestyle skiers is also in top shape and will be freshly groomed daily through President’s weekend.

• Demo ski sale in the Tech Center. Super savings on this year’s top skis.

• Dual NASTAR Sunday and Monday at 12:30 pm. Anyone can enter!

• Mike Ridley performs in Nub’s Pub Saturday afternoon 3 – 6 pm.

• Pete Kehoe plays in Nub’s Pub Sunday afternoon 3 - 6pm.

• President’s Holiday weekend night skiing includes Sunday night 6-10!

Happy Valentine’s Day. Please drive safely; we’ll see you this weekend

The Crew at Nub’s

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——- And Now A Word From A Sponsor ——

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BELLAIRE, Mich. (February 13, 2007) – Shanty Creek Resort, located in beautiful northern Michigan, is announcing that in observance of Valentine’s Day, Shanty Creek has painted a gigantic 1200 sq. ft red heart on the slopes of Schuss Mountain.

“We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day everyday in February,” comments Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Jon Stultz. “We’re shouting the fact that ‘Love is in the Air at Shanty Creek’ from the mountaintops… literally.”

“Valentine’s Day is about more than just chocolate hearts and greeting cards…it’s about the experience,” states Stultz. “Shanty Creek provides everything couples need to make a memorable, romantic and relaxing vacation.” Shanty Creek’s “Valentine’s Package”, which includes overnight lodging, candles, rose petals, bath salts, body cream, chocolates, nightly turn down service and a “How to Guide” for romance at Shanty Creek, starts at $139 per couple.

A romantic meal is also planned for Valentines Day at the resort’s Italian restaurant, LaVigna. Executive Chef Gianfranco Munna has prepared a special Valentine’s Menu with some signature Valentine creations for each course.

Shanty Creek Resort is a four-season resort offering 49 downhill skiing slopes on two mountains, 21 km of Nordic ski trails, snowboarding and tubing runs and 72 holes of championship golf. Located on 4,500 acres 30 miles northeast of Traverse City, Shanty Creek boasts three distinct villages and lodging facilities, award-winning dining, live entertainment and a full-service conference and banquet center. For more information, visit www.ShantyCreek.com.

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7th Annual Boarding For Breast Cancer
Saturday, March 3

Brought to you by the Zone radio station and KP’s Mountain Shop. Crystal Mountain is once again hosting Boarding for Breast Cancer. As in the past, this year’s event includes breast cancer awareness and education exhibits, snowboard and ski product demos, product raffle, product sampling, the Cammy Potter Memorial Slopestyle Competition and entertainment throughout the day. Plus an after party in the evening!

To participate in the board/ski-a-thon, skiers and boarders simply need to obtain a pledge form or collect pledges online. Participants then hit Crystal’s slopes on March 3 for a day of riding or skiing. and entertainment throughout the day.

Prizes!

- Free lift tickets will be awarded for those collecting at least $100 in pledges.
- Anyone collecting at least $500 in pledges receives a free 2007/2008 Limited Season Pass
- Anyone collecting at least $1000 in pledges receives a free 2007/2008 Unlimited Season Pass.

We will be giving away an Atomic snowboard for the person collecting the highest amount of money in pledges!

4th Annual Cammy Potter Slopestyle
Saturday, March 3

Named in memory of former US Women’s Snowboard Team member and northern Michigan resident, Cammy Potter, who died of breast cancer at the age of 35, this slopestyle competition is part of the Boarding for Breast Cancer events on March 3. Held in Crystal’s Super Park, this event is one of the most popular slopestyle events of the winter and always draws a good crowd of both competitors and spectators. Prizes awarded in several divisions.

Mardi Gras celebration and Big Air Contest.

Cajun style food featured throughout the resort. Bead contests in Dudley’s Saloon Saturday night.

“Big Air Contest” on the Chippewa Headwall.

Takes place Saturday afternoon at 1:00 pm. Skier and snowboarder division. Best of two jumps –scored on height and difficulty of jump.

$10.00 entry fee. 1st place winners entered into a drawing for a 06/07 season pass. Awards and video playback in the Summit Center at 4:00 pm

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Snowcat skiing starts this Friday — Conditions are great we have been getting constant snow the past ten days. 34 runs are now open. All of the glades except for Black Forest are now open at the Porkies. Snowcat skiing will begin this Friday ,Saturday and Sunday.

Over 100 acres of inbounds backcountry terrain has been added to the Porcupine Mountains - accessed by Snowcat!

Are you ready to tackle Everest?

It’s a whole new mountain just west of the Porcupine Mountain ski area featuring over 100 acres of inbounds backcountry terrain and lots of fresh powder. Ride the Expedition Everest Snowcat as it takes you to the top of a half mile wide virgin forest.

Check out Skitheporkies.com for more info, schedule and updates on cat skiing at the Porkies this winter. Just $15 for unlimited rides* *must also purchase a daily lift ticket or season pass.

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New this year, the Peaks offers two terrain parks! The beginner park is located on Gum Drop and offers a 16′ fun box, pipe rail, 1/4 pipe and tree jib.

The main Cammy Potter Terrain Park is located in the valley between North & South Peak and offers a 16′ descending flat rail, multiple table tops, rainbow rail, a 10′ flat rail, a kink rail and a battleship rail.

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New this year! Shanty Creek is offering 4 terrain parks, spread over two separate ski areas to offer a variety of options for every level of terrain park riders.

Our parks are designed with progression and flow in mind, groomed daily and maintained by knowledgeable skiers and riders. The parks will change throughout the season, features and/or park runs may close at anytime when rideability or safety is a concern.

Schuss Mountain
A new addition, this year is a park on Elf Shelf. It will offers features for the first time park user wanting to learn the skills necessary on how to ride rails and take small jumps in a separate, learner friendly setting.

Our park on Village Way is the perfect place to hone your freestyle skills. It offers several smaller jumps, a variety of lower and easier to ride rails, with lots of rollers, dips and turns. It’s perfect to practice on before advancing to our largest park.

You’re under the spotlight of spectators riding the Purple Lift when you’re kicking it on our largest park, the Purple Daze Park. It contains Shanty Creek’s biggest jumps and a selection of our sickest rails and boxes. Our newly modified down-flat-down and rainbow rail are featured in the park as well as our popular 20′ “Zebra Rail” and our new 30′ A-frame box top rail. Various jibs, tabletop and hip/spine jumps may also be featured throughout the season.

Summit Mountain
The Summit Park will being its season on Crick Hollow with a few tabletops and rails. As conditions permit, the park will move to Helms Gate to create a top-to-bottom run full of jumps and rail options.

Shanty Creek Freestyle Facts

# Four parks spread across 2 mountains

# Riding and jibbing available 12 hours a day, 7 days a week

# Groomed daily and maintained throughout the day

# 10+ jumps

# 15+ rails/boxes