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Boyne Mountain Cross Country Skiing


With more than 35 beautifully-groomed kilometers of cross country delight weaving through the woods and wilds of Boyne Mountain, you’ll find plenty of room for exploration. Pack up the kids or rally your friends to sample everything we have to offer – from gentle trails through pine forests to technical terrain designed to test even the most dedicated Nordic skiers. Whatever your preference or your ability level, our trails are ready for your tracks.

Boyne Mountain offers 35km of groomed track set trails, along with instructional and touring experiences. Boyne Mountain Cross Country Trail Map

Check our current conditions below to get the latest feedback on our trails. But rest assured. At Boyne Mountain, we go all out to maintain our cross country trails to make your northern Michigan Nordic experience the best it can be.

Trail Passes

  • Ages 9 & up: $16 (before 4pm), $9 (after 4pm)
  • Ages 8 & under: Free

BOYNE Trail Passes allow unlimited access to our cross country and snowshoeing trails and provide one lift ride to our upper trails.

BOYNE daily lift tickets allow unlimited access to our cross country and snowshoeing trails.

Introduction to Cross Country: $50 per person

Thinking about taking up cross-country skiing? Start off on the right foot with our expert Nordic instruction staff – and learn to love this incredible sport from the very beginning. Our Introduction to Cross Country packages include:

  • Rental equipment
  • 30 minute group lesson
  • An all day trail pass to practice your newly acquired skills
  • Available at 11am each weekday and 11am or 2pm on Saturday and Sunday

Total Cross Country Experience

Warm up to the winter’s most exhilarating workout with a 2-hour guided tour on Boyne Mountain’s exceptional cross country trails. Join one of our Nordic instructors for our Total Cross Country Experience, which includes:

  • A chairlift ride and skiing on our upper trails with outstanding vistas
  • Must be intermediate level or higher in ability
  • $75 for the first skier, plus $10 for each additional skier

Group Lessons

  • Beginner Classic or Skate style
  • 1 Hour
  • $35

Private Lessons

  • Available for Classic, Skate, or Telemark
  • 1 Hour
  • $58
  • Each additional person – $15

Equipment Rental

  • Skis, boots & poles: $20 daily
  • Performance Skate package: $25 daily
  • Ages 8 & under: $15 daily

Call the Boyne Mountain Cross Country Center at 231.549.6088 for additional details and instruction offerings.

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Cross Country Skiing and Telemark Lessons
Make your adventure into the peace and quite of Northern Michigan even more enjoyable. When you improve your technique you’ll have more fun! Our expert and passionate Cross Country instructors will improve your technique and make every kilometer of trail more enjoyable. Our Cross Country Centers offer a variety of instructional clinics, private and group lessons and guided tours for cross country skiers of all ability levels.

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Boyne Highlands Cross Country Skiing


With more than 35 kilometers of groomed and track-set trails, there’s no better way to experience the forests and fields of Boyne Highlands than from a pair of cross-country skis. Whether you’re looking for an all-day tour, a challenging hill loop or a brisk skate, you’ll appreciate the beauty and tranquility of our beautifully maintained trail network.

Call the Boyne Highlands Cross Country Center at 231.526.3026 for additional details. Lessons can be arranged by calling the SnowSports Academy at 231.526.3056.

Trail Passes

  • Ages 9 & up: $16 (before 4pm), $9 (after 4pm)
  • Ages 8 & under: Free

Daily Trail Passes allows unlimited access to our cross country and snowshoeing trails and provide on lift ride to our upper trails. Daily lift tickets allow unlimited access to our cross country and snowshoeing trails.

Equipment Rental

  • Skis, boots & poles: $20 daily
  • Performance Skate package: $25 daily
  • Ages 8 & under: $15 daily

Boyne Highlands Cross Country Trail Map

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Cross Country Skiing and Telemark Lessons
Make your adventure into the peace and quite of Northern Michigan even more enjoyable. When you improve your technique you’ll have more fun! Our expert and passionate Cross Country instructors will improve your technique and make every kilometer of trail more enjoyable. Our Cross Country Centers offer a variety of instructional clinics, private and group lessons and guided tours for cross country skiers of all ability levels.

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Visit Boyne Highlands Resort Website >>>>

 
 

Wolverine Nordic Ski Club – Ironwood, MI

Wolverine Nordic is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization with the mission to preserve and promote nordic skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, biking and lifelong physical fitness on the Gogebic Range of the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northeastern Wisconsin.

WOLVERINE NORDIC SKI CLUB volunteers maintain and groom the trail system which consists of 8 trails that provide 25 kilometers of both skate skiing and track-set skiing.  The rolling terrain provides trails for all levels of skiing from expert to novice. Club News

LAKE EFFECT SNOW provides us with snow that tends to arrive earlier, pile deeper and last longer than anywhere else in the Midwest.  Conditions.

THE SUGGESTED TRAIL DONATION is $10.00 a day. Donation boxes are located at all trail heads and in the chalet.  The donations are used to make payments on the loan for our Piston Bully, trail grooming fuel expenses, and to improve and maintain equipment and facilities. A season pass/membership is available.  To become a season pass holder please fill out the form and return it to the address listed.  Membership

THE WARMING CHALET/SHELTER IS OPEN!  Cookies, hot chocolate and soda is available.  The chalet is open from 8:00am until 6:00pm during the ski season.  Directions<>

Visit the Wolverine Nordic Ski Club Website >>>>

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Forbush Corner Cross Country Skiing

Forbush Corner, a unique cross country experience. Enjoy miles of rolling, wooded trails that are carefully designed for all levels of ability and immaculately groomed by the largest fleet of nordic only grooming equipment in the midwest. Combine that with the Frederic micro climate of early and frequent snowfalls, and it adds up to FUN! Instruction available from beginner to expert. Call or email for details.

  • Enjoy miles of trails groomed for both skating and classical
  • Largest fleet of nordic only grooming equipment in the midwest
  • Lessons & Rentals
  • Performance Ski Shop
  • Weekend Limited Food Service
  • You’ll Be Glad You Came!

Easy Access – Just a quarter mile east of I-75 at the Lewiston/Frederic exit (264)

Forbush Corner Cross Country Skiing
4971 County Road 612
Frederic, MI 49733
989-348-5989

Visit Forbush Corner Website >>>>

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More Grayling Area Cross Country Ski Trails

 
 
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