If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Skiing in Michigan for beginners
I'm looking to go skiing with my girlfriend and her kids on monday. The girl
is 9, the boy is almost 4. What's a good resort near Detroit for 4 rank beginners? Hopefully, we can get some easy lessons and get down the hill at least ONCE...g Since Monday is a holiday, are the hills even OPEN? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Skiing in Michigan for beginners
Sorry, this is coming too late to go on MLK day.
Mt. Holly is really close to detroit (45minutes apx.), and while its not what I think of as a "great" resort, as I live in Utah, I did want to mention how much I was impressed by the lesson that my dad got there last christmas. We went the friday after christmas which is normally a *very* busy day, but while my dad's lesson wasn't private (ie, 1 on 1) it ended up that way since there was nobody else with him. The woman (who's name i forget. sorry!) was really patient and talented, and I couldn't suggest the experience more. While it *was* busy, especially by my tough standards, there weren't so many people that beginners would feel intimidated by the onslaught. Anyhow, thats my vaguely applicable two cents. Paul EldredP wrote: I'm looking to go skiing with my girlfriend and her kids on monday. The girl is 9, the boy is almost 4. What's a good resort near Detroit for 4 rank beginners? Hopefully, we can get some easy lessons and get down the hill at least ONCE...g Since Monday is a holiday, are the hills even OPEN? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Skiing in Michigan for beginners
Sorry, this is coming too late to go on MLK day.
Mt. Holly is really close to detroit (45minutes apx.), and while its not what I think of as a "great" resort, as I live in Utah, I did want to mention how much I was impressed by the lesson that my dad got there last christmas. We went the friday after christmas which is normally a *very* busy day, but while my dad's lesson wasn't private (ie, 1 on 1) it ended up that way since there was nobody else with him. The woman (who's name i forget. sorry!) was really patient and talented, and I couldn't suggest the experience more. While it *was* busy, especially by my tough standards, there weren't so many people that beginners would feel intimidated by the onslaught. Anyhow, thats my vaguely applicable two cents. Thanks for the info. We didn't go yesterday, but we would still like to try it. We'll probably go some saturday or sunday morning early - like right when they open...g Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Skiing in Michigan for beginners
EldredP wrote:
I'm looking to go skiing with my girlfriend and her kids on monday. The girl is 9, the boy is almost 4. What's a good resort near Detroit for 4 rank beginners? Hopefully, we can get some easy lessons and get down the hill at least ONCE...g See http://newsupnorth.com/cgi-bin/msianpr.pl?eventid=000362 Discover Michigan Sikiing is a program that includes a beginner lesson, rental equipment and a beginner-area ski lift pass Twenty ski facilities are offering the package, which will be honored from January 5 through January 31, 2004. The price for the Discover Michigan Skiing program is $30 for adults and $20 for children seven to 14 years old. That's as good a deal as you'll find anywhere. But you only have two weekends left to take advantage of it. As for which hill to go to, there are four within an hour of Detroit. Three of them participate in the Discover Michigan program: Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, and Pine Knob. If your umich.edu url is any indication of your location, Mt Brighton would be the closest place to go. It's where I learned, and it's a perfectly adequate place to learn to ski. Mt. Holly is a nicer place to ski, and they have their beginner slopes somewhat sheltered from the more advanced slopes so you don't have to contend with other skiers whizzing by as you're trying to learn. They also have a magic carpet lift which is much easier on beginners than the rope tows. Pine Knob is OK too, but not as nice as Holly. The fourth resort, Alpine Valley, would also be a reasonable choice - like Holly, they have a separate beginner area. For more info, check out the following sites: http://www.goski.com/resorts/rusami/michigan.htm http://www.ski-guide.com/statemap.cfm/MI.htm http://www.michiganskier.com/skiguide.htm Good luck. Have fun. Since Monday is a holiday, are the hills even OPEN? MLK day is one of the busiest days of the ski season. Of course the hills were open. -- //-Walt // // http://tinyurl.com/3xqyq |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Skiing in Michigan for beginners
In article , Walt
writes: EldredP wrote: I'm looking to go skiing with my girlfriend and her kids on monday. The girl is 9, the boy is almost 4. What's a good resort near Detroit for 4 rank beginners? Hopefully, we can get some easy lessons and get down the hill at least ONCE...g See http://newsupnorth.com/cgi-bin/msianpr.pl?eventid=000362 Discover Michigan Sikiing is a program that includes a beginner lesson, rental equipment and a beginner-area ski lift pass Twenty ski facilities are offering the package, which will be honored from January 5 through January 31, 2004. The price for the Discover Michigan Skiing program is $30 for adults and $20 for children seven to 14 years old. That's as good a deal as you'll find anywhere. But you only have two weekends left to take advantage of it. Aw, crap - a deadline. I'll have to see if we can catch one of the last two weekends... As for which hill to go to, there are four within an hour of Detroit. Three of them participate in the Discover Michigan program: Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, and Pine Knob. If your umich.edu url is any indication of your location, Mt Brighton would be the closest place to go. It's where I learned, and it's a perfectly adequate place to learn to ski. Actually, I only *work* in Ann Arbor. I live in Oak Park.g Mt. Holly is a nicer place to ski, and they have their beginner slopes somewhat sheltered from the more advanced slopes so you don't have to contend with other skiers whizzing by as you're trying to learn. They also have a magic carpet lift which is much easier on beginners than the rope tows. Pine Knob is OK too, but not as nice as Holly. The fourth resort, Alpine Valley, would also be a reasonable choice - like Holly, they have a separate beginner area. For more info, check out the following sites: http://www.goski.com/resorts/rusami/michigan.htm http://www.ski-guide.com/statemap.cfm/MI.htm http://www.michiganskier.com/skiguide.htm Good luck. Have fun. Since Monday is a holiday, are the hills even OPEN? MLK day is one of the busiest days of the ski season. Of course the hills were open. It's probably a good thing we didn't go Monday, then. :-) Thanks for the info! Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 ChallengeRank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Summer skiing not in South America? | Marco Cattaneo | European Ski Resorts | 3 | May 12th 04 07:32 AM |
Best November skiing in Europe? | John Ricketts | European Ski Resorts | 39 | April 22nd 04 05:33 AM |
Questions from a new skiing family | Rich Heimlich | General | 11 | March 2nd 04 03:46 PM |
Snowboarding or skiing? | Joe Ramirez | Snowboarding | 53 | February 11th 04 01:23 PM |
Skiing risks only insurance. | Michael Chare | European Ski Resorts | 3 | January 6th 04 04:21 PM |