Category Archives: Skiing

Michigan Rated #1 in Social Media Tourism Promotion

Travel Michigan has announced that it has earned the top-ranking amongst the 50 official US tourism office Web sites in the use of social media. In a recent study, How Social is Your State DMO (national break down pdf), How Social is Your State DMO (Michigan by city break down pdf) conducted by Gammet Interactive, [...]

Five Things you need to know about Michigan: Extreme Economy Edition

Face Plant by by Rudy Malmquist
We try to be as positive as possible, but I do hope that everyone (and yes, I'm looking at you elected officials) is preparing to need to do extraordinary things to keep our state and the people in it afloat.
1. Jack Lessenberry spoke with Ismael Ahmed, director of the Michigan [...]

Deep Powder Skiing in Northern Michigan

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Nick Nerbonne says that 18" of new snow at Crystal Mountain Resort led to some DEEP turns yesterday and an amazing day of skiing for anywhere in the country, but off the charts for northern Michigan. More Michigan skiing & snowboarding from Absolute Michigan.

Fly High at the Pine Mountain Ski Jumping Tournament

The Pine Mountain ski slide at one time was the highest artificial ski jump in the world and is still known throughout the world as one of the best jumping hills. Every year the Kiwanis Ski Club celebrates this legacy with one of the best tournaments in the United world, drawing top US & international [...]

Motown Winter Blast aka the Detroit Winter Blast

Ice Rink by Allan M
The event started in 2005 as a tuneup to Super Bowl XL and was called the Motown Winter Blast. It's now called Detroit's Winter Blast and it happens February 6-8, 2009.
In what has become typical Michigan media fashion, the Detroit News fills the glass half full, dwelling on what you won't [...]

February Michigan Event Calendar

Star Dream by Conlawprof
Our Michigan February Event Calendar seems to demonstrate that the more the weather tries to keep us bottled up, the more innovative ways Michiganians will find to tell the weather what they think about that!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other [...]

Walking on Water at the Women's Winter Tour

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, and the curious [...]

January Michigan Event Calendar

Jumping over the sun by Ashley Dinges
Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January. A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles, skates, skis and sled dogs, but there's also a chance to heat up with the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Ferndale Blues [...]

Michigan Skiapalooza Thursday

Boyne 540 by farlane
While Winter 2008 hasn't been good for things like car makers, investments and national economies, it has presented us with some incredible conditions for skiing and snowboarding.
USA Today noticed that Midwest skiers have all kinds of options in Michigan where we have more downhill areas - 42 - than any state except [...]

Discover Michigan Skiing in January

Skilhouettes by greencottage
Michigan ski resorts and McDonald’s restaurants are once again offering Discover Michigan Skiing, an affordable introduction to the skiing and snowboarding.
The program has run every January for the past 15 years and includes a beginner lesson (covering basic maneuvering on skis or snowboards), ski or snowboard rental equipment and a beginner-area ski lift [...]