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Mount Bohemia, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is a top-notch ski destination and is ranked as the third-best ski resort in North America for the 2025 season. The ranking came from USA TODAY 10BEST, which curates and highlights the top recommendations in categories such as destinations, hotels, restaurants, ski resorts, and more, to help readers plan their best getaways and daily adventures. The best ski resorts in North America were determined using factors such as snowpack, varied terrain, lift access, and more.
Mount Boehmia is unique in several ways compared to other ski resorts throughout the continent. It has its own vibe and soul, rooted in Midwest resilience, allowing it to thrive in conditions some skiers and snowboarders wouldn’t even attempt. The terrain is rugged, gritty, and ungroomed. The resort boasts only expert slopes with no green or blue runs to be found on the mountain. Mount Bohemia boasts the longest runs, the highest vertical, and the deepest powder in the Midwest. This mountain is geared toward high-level skiers and snowboarders who approach it in an unpretentious manner.
The mountain is located in the Upper Peninsula, and the lake-effect snow off Lake Superior is dry and similar to that found at western resorts such as Alta, Utah. The snow at Mount Bohemia relies on 100% natural snowfall from Mother Nature, which is what any skier or snowboarder could want. The resort also experiences almost daily lake-effect snow events that can deliver two to eight inches of ultra-dry powder. This enables the slopes and terrain to maintain a fresh base and continue to grow throughout the season, thanks to the region’s cold temperatures. Annual snowfall totals at Mount Bohemia can sometimes exceed 300 inches, even outpacing some resorts out West. The result is reliable and consistent terrain that stays deep and skiable throughout the season.
Price, cost, and money are important considerations, and Mount Boehmia has set the standard in affordability. Daily lift ticket prices have soared over the last decade in the United States ski industry; however, Mount Bohemia has kept prices very affordable for its die-hard skiers and snowboarders. The resort offers an unbeatable $99 season pass to skiers and snowboarders. The resort announced this summer that it formed a partnership with Diamond Peak Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada and Loup Loup Ski Bowl in Washington. The addition of these resorts gives Mount Bohemia season pass holders two excellent options on the West Coast. The resort’s season pass sale ends on December 7, and Mount Bohemia only sells tickets to ski from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays for those without a season pass. Purchasing the season pass is a no-brainer for anyone who skis more than five times a season. The $99 season pass is an industry anomaly that pays for itself after just one use.
Mount Bohemia is also home to one of the best slopeside après ski parties in North America and Michigan’s only Nordic spa. The resort’s après scene isn’t just good; it’s been hailed by ski insiders as the best in North America. The Nordic spa features bars, four pools, a 43-person hot spring mineral pool, two steam rooms, four saunas, a relaxation room, a cool rain mist room, and a live DJ on Saturdays. The combination of hitting hardcore terrain all day long, having one of the best Après ski scenes in the country, and featuring a top-notch Nordic spa to relax in is tough to beat. However, this Midwest gem continues to push the envelope and raise the bar in the industry.
Mount Bohemia stands out in the ski industry as a ski resort that does things its way, which is why it made the list of the best ski resorts in North America for 2025. Mount Bohemia is just the rawest, realist, most soulful ski resort a person can find anywhere on the continent. It boasts 273 inches of the driest, lightest lake-effect powder east of the Rockies, the longest runs and biggest vertical in the Midwest, zero groomers, zero beginner terrain, and a mountain that stays buried in natural snow all season long because Lake Superior keeps dumping 2–8 inches almost every day. Add one of the most legendary slopeside après party scenes, Michigan’s only Nordic spa, and a $99 season pass. That’s basically unbelievable in today’s ski industry.
Mountain Stats and Facts
- Vertical drop:Â 900 feet
- Snowfall:Â 273 inches
- Skiable acres: 620 acres
- Chairlifts:Â 2
- Buses:Â 4
- Bohemia Mining Company: The mountain’s front side features open runs and some glades.
- Bear Den: The eastern region of Bohemia features the most popular non-gladed runs on the mountain.
- Extreme Backcountry:Â A half-mile-wide forest with chutes and small and big cliff drops throughout this area. The extreme backcountry has the most popular glade runs on the mountain. Skiers take the bus after arriving at the bottom.
- Haunted Valley:Â A Northside glade system that usually has the best snow on the mountain in the spring.
- The Graveyard:Â The lower section of the Haunted Valley is the best place to find powder several days after a storm.
- Outer Limits:Â Remote backcountry section with long-gladed terrain featuring rolling topography. Some of the deepest snowfall hits the outer limits.
- Middle Earth:Â The far eastern section at Bohemia is about 2 miles from the base area. Middle Earth gets excellent snow and has the longest runs at Bohemia.
- Little Boho: Bohemia’s newest area is, in fact, a whole other ski hill. Little Boho, while smaller than Bohemia, provides some of the steepest terrain on the mountain. Customers find Little Boho at the back of the parking lot and then do a short hike to the top of Little Boho. When you reach the bottom, the bus will pick you up.
