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Snowriver, MI, to Install First and Only High-Speed Chairlift in Upper Peninsula

Snowriver to install the UP's first high speed chairlift

Snowriver Mountain Resort, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, has just announced its plans to install a new Doppelmayr six-passenger detachable chairlift ahead of the 2023-24 season at the Jackson Creek Summit area of the resort. Replacing three of the ski area’s original chairs installed in the 1960s: the Chippewa Double (installed in 1961), the Leelinaw Triple (1964), and the Voyager […]

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Nick DeRiso | October 18, 2022
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The Highlands, MI, to Install the Midwest’s 1st Bubble Chair Winter ’23/24

The Highlands plans to install a six-person bubble chair

The Highlands, Michigan’s largest ski resort, has just announced they will install the first and fastest six-person bubble chair in the Midwest, the Camelot 6. The resort broke the news on the Highlands Harbor Springs Facebook page, informing its fans the mountain will be getting a lot warmer, quieter, and faster for the Winter 2023/2024 Season.  Related: Copper Mountain, CO […]

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Nick DeRiso | September 22, 2022
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Ski Group Acquires Michigan’s Big Snow Resort With Plans to Build Connecting Lift Between Two Mountains

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Midwest Family Ski Resorts, the owner of the largest ski resorts in Minnesota and Wisconsin, has officially closed on acquiring Big Snow Resort in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Big Snow is comprised of the two hills of Indianhead and Blackjack ski areas. The entire operation will be renamed Snowriver Mountain Resort. This will eliminate any confusion about another ski operation with […]

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Brent Thomas | August 31, 2022
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