Beloved Michigan Ski Resort to Reopen as Public Parkland A beloved Michigan resort is finally set to reopen as a public parkland. After years of waiting, the newly refurbished Sugar Loaf Scenic Area in Cedar, Michigan, will finally open to the public on October 9. Sugar Loaf had formerly been a popular winter destination in the Mitten State, but had sat dormant for over two decades following its closure. […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | September 29, 2026 0 Comments
Midwest Skiing Set to Begin in Wisconsin at Trollhaugen’s OpenHaugen in October It’s almost that time, Midwest skiers. Next month, Wisconsin’s famous Trollhaugen Ski Area is celebrating the beginning of the 2026-27 season with its 21st annual OpenHaugen event, signifying the looming start of the Midwestern ski season. Taking place on Oct. 3-4, skiers can enjoy rope tow sessions from 11 a.m-4 p.m, alongside food, lift rides, a ski sale, gear swap, […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | September 2, 2026 0 Comments
Little Switzerland, WI, Constructing 2 New Quad Chairs for the 2026-27 Season Little Switzerland Ski Area in Slinger, Wisconsin, is getting a couple of exciting new additions for next winter. The resort will be tearing down chairlifts One and Two and replacing them with two new Skytrac four-seater chairlifts. The project will cost the resort $4 million, making it Little Switzerland’s largest investment to date. The lifts will be ready to spin at […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | June 5, 2026 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Active Midwest Pattern With 6-10 Inches Near Lake Superior Thursday Into Friday The Midwest stays locked in an active spring pattern, with the best lift-served snow from Wednesday evening through Friday morning, April 1-3, when the Lake Superior belt picks up 4-9 inches, and the southern fringe spends more time fighting rain, mix, and very wet snow. That keeps the best late-week ski weather focused on the still-open northern hills near Lake […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 31, 2026 0 Comments
Michigan Republicans Propose Skiing Tax To Cover Property Tax Elimination Michigan’s ski industry, known for its beloved local ski hills and sneaky lake-effect powder skiing on the Upper Peninsula, has been caught in the cross-fire of a Republican-led attempt to eliminate state property taxes. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall recently proposed legislation that would add a 6% tax on luxury services, including skiing, golf, country club memberships, marinas, private jets, […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | March 2, 2026 0 Comments
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula Surpasses 200 Inches of Snow—More Than All Western States The Midwest quietly did something absurd this winter—and hardly anyone outside the Great Lakes noticed. While much of the West has limped through a snow-starved season, Keweenaw Peninsula has officially blown past the 200-inch snowfall mark, logging 216.75 inches so far this season as of February 3, according to the Keweenaw County Road Commission. That’s more snow than has fallen […] Weather Martin Kuprianowicz | February 4, 2026 2 Comments
The Next Big Place For Freestyle Skiing Is…Ohio? A Look At Where The Olympics’ Team USA Is From With the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games less than two weeks away, Team USA has finalized its list of 232 competitors, the largest contingent ever sent. Though more than 80 athletes live or train in Utah, only 17 of them identified Utah as their home state. Colorado is the state with the most athletes, at 30, and […] Olympics Zach Armstrong | January 28, 2026 0 Comments
Snowmaking Staff Saves Engagement After Ring Falls 118 Feet at Boyne Mountain Resort, MI What was supposed to be a picture-perfect proposal on one of the Midwest’s most iconic ski attractions turned into near disaster when the engagement ring slipped out of the nervous proposer’s hands and tumbled down 118 feet to disappear in the snow, seemingly lost forever. Trevor Van Camp had planned the perfect proposal with a surprise weekend getaway to Boyne […] Julia Schneemann | January 7, 2026 0 Comments
The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva, WI, Set to Host a One Of a Kind “Hot Dog Open” Freestyle Competition The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva, a Wisconsin locals’ favorite and popular ski resort, is set to host what they are calling a ” Hot Dog Open” from January 16–18, 2026. The quirky name for the competition comes from the original identity of the resort, spanning all the way back to the early 1970s. The name originates from the competitions […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | December 26, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Bohemia, MI, Announces New Employee Housing Plans For 2026 Mount Bohemia, the renowned experts-only ski resort overlooking Lake Superior, has announced plans to build new employee housing in 2026. Mount Bohemia is located in far Northern Michigan, nearly 10 hours away from Michigan’s largest city, Detroit, and its surrounding suburbs. Mount Bohemia is no average ski resort by midwestern standards, however. The resort features over 900 feet of vertical, […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | December 22, 2025 0 Comments
East Coast Enjoys Historically Deep November While West Waits For Snow For many skiers, Thanksgiving usually represents a time to get a few early season ski turns in, with ski areas in the West are typically able to open a small amount of terrain with early season snowfall or snowmaking. This year, skiers in the West have been left high and dry while the Midwest and East Coast have been absolutely […] Brains Zach Armstrong | December 5, 2025 0 Comments
Nationwide U.S. Snow Cover Hits Highest Early-Season Level in 20 Years Snow–for skiing and snowboarding, the more the better, right? Most riders would agree, and further proof is the popularized phrase, “No friends on a powder day.” While some areas of the Western United States are experiencing below-average snowfall, the Northeast is thriving with the opposite. But what is the overall trend? According to Chris Vickers, WTOL Chief Meteorologist, the United […] Climate Greg Wedow | December 5, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Bohemia, MI, Offering Lifetime Season Pass for $1,449 That’s Good for 75 Years Mount Bohemia is offering one of the most unusual ski deals in North America: a lifetime pass that grants access to the mountain every day of the season for up to 75 years. The pass is on sale now for $1,449 and comes with no blackout dates, no restrictions, and the same perks as the resort’s shorter-term passholders. The pass […] Industry News Brent Glogau | December 3, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Bohemia, MI, Set to Begin its Season on December 6 Cold temperatures and lake effect snowfall have finally reached the Midwest, and Michigan’s famous Mount Bohemia is set to begin its season on December 6. The Mitten State’s northernmost ski resort plans to have at least nine runs open, with its frontside chairlift spinning on both Saturday and Sunday. Early-season conditions are expected with hidden stumps, so caution is advised. Mount […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | December 2, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Bohemia, MI, Completes Trail Cuts for New Terrain in Pirates Cove Mount Bohemia, Michigan, has cut a new low-angle glade which gives non-expert riders more opportunities to progress in the resort’s otherwise unrelenting terrain. Located in the Keweenaw Peninsula at the northern tip of Michigan, the mountain benefits enormously from nearby Lake Superior. With roughly 260 inches of annual lake-effect snowfall—the most of any Midwestern mountain—Bohemia operates without snowmaking or grooming. […] Industry News Zach Suffish | November 28, 2025 0 Comments
The 5 Flattest Ski Resorts in the U.S. Most skiers and riders dream of skiing mountains bigger than their last and riding epic lines down massive mountains, but what if one was interested in finding the flattest hills? There are plenty of resources online to find the steepest resorts to visit, but this list will explore the five flattest ski resorts, or rather ski hills, in the U.S. […] Brains Tyler Hatch | October 25, 2025 6 Comments
Inside Wisconsin’s Famous Birkebeiner Ski Marathon, One of the World’s Largest Cross-Country Races The next time you find yourself on a chairlift (hopefully soon), ask the person sitting next to you what the most famous ski traverse in the world is. Chances are, they might respond with one of the Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America, like the Uber Tour or Watson’s Traverse, or they might conjure up one of the iconic […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | October 8, 2025 0 Comments
Trollhaugen, WI, Hosting Terrain Park Sessions and Rail Jam on October 4 & 5 The Trollhaugen Troll is bringing winter to the Midwest early. Trollhaugen Ski Area, Wisconsin, one of the Midwest’s best-known ski resorts, is set to host its annual Open Haugen event on October 4 and 5. Trollhaugen will use leftover snow from last season to build its hike terrain park for an open session on Saturday, October 4, followed by a […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | September 26, 2025 0 Comments
Nebraska Professor Awarded Grant to Study Rain’s Impact on Snow Melt and Flooding University of Nebraska professor Tirthankar Roy has been awarded a five-year grant to lead what he describes as the most comprehensive study to date on how rain falling on snow can trigger catastrophic flooding. “The work that we are doing is to understand sort of the characteristics of rain-on-snow events, specifically looking into their flood-generating potential,” Roy told Nebraska TV. […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | August 5, 2025 0 Comments
Norway Mountain, MI, Plans May 3 Reopening After Discovering 7 Feet of Leftover Snow Norway Mountain in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula may not be entirely done with winter just yet. In a surprise announcement on social media on Wednesday, the resort revealed it had discovered a “hidden treasure” of over seven feet of snow still on the mountain. If conditions hold and snow can be pushed out successfully, the ski area plans to reopen this […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 1, 2025 0 Comments
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