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| 17 Jan 2004 21:25:30 |
| EldredP |
| 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. |
| 20 Jan 2004 09:55:10 |
| paul m |
| Re: 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. |
| 22 Jan 2004 12:59:06 |
| Walt |
| Re: 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 |