Event Calendar
Winter 09-10: What’s New At BOYNE
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain, Harbor Springs, Petoskey
New Ziplines, Activities and Programs for BOYNE’s 2009-10 Season
Boyne Highlands
A zipline will open for the winter season at Boyne Highlands offering adventure seekers a new thrill as they soar along five sections through trees and open valleys. The total experience is approximately two hours and sections range from 200 to 500 feet each. The zipline is expected to open for the December holiday period; schedule to be announced.
Continuing Boyne Highlands’ growing list of adventure activities, resort guests and area visitors can enjoy horseback trail rides along glistening snow-covered trails this winter. Boyne Highlands’ equestrian program launched two summers ago with one- and two-hour rides and was expanded this year to include fall color scenic rides and the new winter trail rides. The resort offers more than 4,000 acres providing the ideal setting for riding on trails exclusive for those on horseback. The new winter trail rides are planned to be offered during holiday periods throughout the season.
A new terrain park near the intermediate Amy’s run will offer small to medium features bringing Boyne Highlands’ park total to four including a skier/boarder cross course, plus a halfpipe. Skiers and riders can find the most up-to-date park information at 
www.RideBoyne.com, a website relaunching mid-October with new features including Boyne Highlands and Boyne Mountain park conditions, events calendar, park staff bios and safety information.
Boyne Mountain
Boyne Mountain’s Terrain Park Manager, Kevin Murtagh, attended the 2009 Ski Area Management (SAM) Cutter’s Camp bringing home invaluable skills for planning, cutting and maintaining the best parks and pipes. Murtagh received the latest schooling in jump building; rail setting; progression park design; snow science; grooming technology; safety procedures and running successful park and pipe events. This season, skiers and riders can see Murtagh’s skills in action at Boyne Mountain’s four terrain parks featuring over 20 jibs, a superpipe and a halfpipe.
Construction is underway on a zipline 
installation at Boyne Mountain with an opening expected during the December holiday period. The route is planned to begin near the top of Hemlock and glides riders down the valley of Cold Springs.
The children’s SnowSports Learning Center at Boyne Mountain is being expanded to include more terrain, a kiddie carousel and new location for the kids Magic Carpet conveyor. The expanded area is conveniently located near Helga’s House, where the resort’s daycare operations and junior SnowSports Academy lessons are offered.
Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands have partnered with Burton to offer their exclusive “Learn To Ride” (LTR) program for juniors and adults, becoming the only Burton LTR centers in Michigan. The program provides beginner snowboarders with gear specifically designed to enhance their experience and employs proven teaching methods to make learning to snowboard easier and more enjoyable. The boards include a special bevel to help eliminate catching an edge, a soft torsional flex makes turning easier, convex contact points on the tip and tail make linking turns smoother and easy-to-use Burton Progression boots and bindings ensure comfort and a secure fit. The program is available through BOYNE’s SnowSports Academy.
BOYNE - $96 Lift and Lodging
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain
Save money. Ski and Ride the BOYNES
Every year Boyne Highlands and Boyne Mountain offer YOU the best slopes in Michigan, the best place to stay and of course the best rates! This year is no different and all season long you will find midweek pricing starting at just $96 per person per night and the same package on weekends from only $113!
Your lift and lodging package includes:
- Over night accommodations
- Breakfast
- Unlimited Lift Ticket - Good for BOTH Resorts
- Tubing
Don’t forget kids 8 years and under sleep, ski and eat breakfast free when staying with an adult and juniors 9-15 start at only $21.
And if you think the slopes are all BOYNE has to offer you need to check us out! New this year are Ziplines at each resort and of course the pools and hot tubs,horse drawn sleigh/wagon rides, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and tons more!
To reserve your package call 800.GO.BOYNE (462.6963) and speak with our friendly travel assistants or book online today.
Starting rates are per person per night based on double occupancy. Taxes and resort fees are additional. Blackout dates and restrictions apply. Please call ahead for tubing schedule as it varies based on resort, week and time of year. Age restrictions are applicable.
The Northern Michigan C. S. Lewis Festival welcomes you to our annual month-long celebration. Events take place during late October and November in the Petoskey area on Little Traverse Bay, including music & theater performances, school & library programs, scholarly lectures, community discussion groups, and more.
2009 Sneak Preview
This year we are pleased to welcome Walter Hooper, Literary Advisor to the Estate of C.S. Lewis and Lewis’s secretary in 1963 and Dr. James Como, founding member of the New York C.S. Lewis Society and currently a faculty member at York College in New York. Their keynote address will take place on Friday, October 23 at North Central Michigan College with a day-long seminar taking place on Saturday, October 24. The primary theme is Lewis and Friends. Click on the 2009 flyer below for full details of this fall’s festival.
“To Narnia and the North!”
Sincerely,
The C. S. Lewis Festival Board
Visit the Northern Michigan C. S. Lewis Festival Website >>>>
BOYNE - $80 Nordic Packages
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain, Lodging Packages, Ski
Did you know The BOYNE’s have 70km of cross country trails?
Did you know our trail passes include a lift ride to access our upper trails?
Did you know that on weekends you can glide on evening trails at Boyne Highlands?
With all of your knowledge, why wouldn’t you take advantage of our Nordic Ski pacakges that start at only $80 per person during the week and $94 on the weekends. Your package includes over night lodging, a hearty breakfast to start your day and a nordic ski pass. Stay at Boyne Highlands or Boyne Mountain and experience 35km of groomed track set trails at each!
To reserve your package call 800.GO.BOYNE (462.6963).
Rates are per person per night based on double occupancy. Taxes and resort fees are additional. Restrictions may apply.
BOYNE - First Annual Skitoberfest Weekend - October 3 & 4, 2009
Categories: Boyne Mountain, Entertainment, Events, Ski
Celebration and giving, festival style….
Join us for the first annual Skitoberfest, a fall extravaganza and homecoming of sorts for family and friends to gather and celebrate the coming snowsports season in the Boyne Mountain Village. Everyone is invited to experience this two day event and a special welcome goes to our family of loyal BOYNE homeowners and passholders as well as to our friends in the local community. It’s art, it’s drama, it’s entertainment plus food, beer, wine and fun for everyone!
~Skitoberfest Events and Highlights
THE Party
Saturday, 2 p.m. - Midnight
Staged in the Village and nearby open lawn, the entire area comes alive with food and entertainment!
-A brewfest featuring nearly a dozen Michigan breweries under the big tent and serving samples from 2-7 p.m.- attending breweries include: Short’s, Bell’s, Founder’s, Arbor, Mt. Pleasant, Tri-City, Michigan, New Holland, Frankenmuth, and Wolverine Brewing.
-Michigan wine tasting room with gourmet food; 24 wines for sampling
-Bratwurst of 30 varieties from Tannery Creek Meat Market plus gourmet food from area restaurants including Red Mesa Grill, 220 Lake Street, Sammich N Sudz, Lake Street Market, and more.
Admission to the brewfest is $20 and includes a pint glass and 12 tickets good towards beer sampling, wine tasting and food items. Additional tickets can be purchased. From 8 p.m. to Midnight, Charlie’s Root Fusion performs in the tent. Cash bar and must be at least 21 years of age; no cover charge.
Also……
-Artists Galore
-Family Hayrides
-Dancing in Village Lane
-Jugglers
-Costume Contest
-Kids Art
-Bonfire Sing-Alongs
-Kids FREE Instrument Making
-Pumpkin Patch
-Parade of Decorated Golf Carts and Costumed Dancers
-FREE Scenic Chairlift Rides
-Burgers and a View at Eagle’s Nest
-Salomom Jib Fest
-Bouncy House
THE Game
Saturday, TBA
Michigan vs. Michigan State broadcast on the Big Screen
THE Giving
Skitoberfest: Giving Back to the Community:
Introducing the Warren Miller Free Foundation, a young entrepreneur program serving to educate area youth on the steps of conceiving, planning, and forming a business on their own and truly achieve young entrepreneur success. Educational sessions to be offered at Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands and FREE of charge to interested youth.
Parade and Contest for Area School Children:
Each classroom has the opportunity to decorate a golf cart for entry in the Saturday, October 3 Skitoberfest Parade at Boyne Mountain. The winning entry enjoys a day of skiing/riding for the entire class at either Boyne Mountain or Boyne Highlands. In addition to lift tickets, all equipment rental and instruction is complimentary and the day on the slopes end with a yummy and fun pizza party!
Parade and Contest for Service Organizations and Businesses:
All service organizations and businesses are invited decorate a golf cart for entry in the Saturday, October 3 Skitoberfest Parade at Boyne Mountain. Join in the parade fun for a $25 entry fee with all proceeds going to the winning organization’s/business’ charity of choice. Minimum donation to qualifying charity in this category is $500.
THE Snowsports Summit
Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-3pm
The very best opportunity for winter sports enthusiasts to be prepped - gear, technique, physical conditioning - for the coming winter season! Welcome the return of the BOYNE Snowsports Summit!
BOYNE Snowsports Summit - October 3-4, 2009
Categories: Boyne Mountain, Events, Ski
Boyne Mountain
In conjunction with the BOYNE Skitoberfest, Boyne Mountain will host the 2009 Snowsports Summit. It’s the best opportunity to share your excitement for the coming winter with other wintersports enthusiasts. Representatives will be on hand from ski clubs, race clubs,and equipment manufacturer’s to answer all your pre-season questions and assist with your planning. In addition, members of the National Ski Patrol and the Professional Ski (PSIA) and Snowboard(AASI) Instructors will be available for tips and advice. Below is a partial list of exhibitors, activities, and seminars that are scheduled, but we are confirming more daily so please check back.
Cost:: $5.00 *
Lodging from $79
*May be redeemed towards purchases on the exhibit floor of $30 or more and toward the purchase of a Skitoberfest Craft Beer Sampling Ticket.
Guest Speakers:
Simon Dumont - An extremely successful freestyle skier who is constantly innovating the sport as well as winning a total of 2 Gold Medals in the Winter X-games. On April 11, 2008 Simon Dumont set the current world quarter pipe height record at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. He aired 35.5 feet out of a 38-foot QP, while performing a cork 900 tail grab.
Greg Needell- Greg has one of the most unique coaching resumes in the United States. Greg began his coaching career after skiing at the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) and captaining the St. Lawrence University ski team. In 2002, after coaching at SMS, Mission Ridge, WA, and Mammoth Mountain, he was asked to join the US Ski Team Staff as the World Cup Coach for SL and GS. Since 2002, Greg has helped lead the US Ski Team Men’s team to 43 wins, 105 podiums, and 264 top ten finishes.
“Greg was one of the best coaches I ever worked with. He was always on the cutting edge of advancing my technique and played a huge role in my giant slalom progression, but on top of that, he’s just a great guy to be around.”
Ted Ligety
The Boyne Area Harvest Festival is returning to Boyne City’s downtown with music, crafts and fall produce again this year. The annual event is being held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, and is being jointly organized by Boyne City Main Street and the Boyne Area Chamber.
The 100 and 200 blocks of Water Street will again be closed to traffic during the festival to make room for more than 30 arts and craft vendors and produce vendors. A portion of Lake Street will also be closed for the festival. The Harvest Festival also includes music, children’s games and inflatable bounces, face painting and a scarecrow-making contest for residents and businesses.
Folk art demonstrations and displays include quilting, felting, spinning, crocheting, tatting and bobbin weaving. Hay rides will also be offered. A farm market will be selling a wide variety of apples and other fall harvest items including pumpkins, squash, apple butter, jam, honey and cider.
The festival runs from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Some of the musical entertainers include:
Kristin Glasgow (contemporary/soft rock & country)
TNT (classic rock & country)
Pinky Lee (rock duo)
Kelly Shively and Michael Lee Seiler (Celtic/folk/rock/blues)
The Kowalske Family Band (folk/country/gospel)
More to be announced…..
For more information, please visit www.boynechamber.com or call 231-582-6222.
Leg’s Inn - “End of the Season” Halloween Bash - October 18, 2009
Categories: Dining, Entertainment, Events, Harbor Springs
Annual 2009 “End of the Season” Halloween Bash with The Jelly Roll Blues Band
It’s never too early to start thinking about your costume for Northern Michigan’s liveliest and most gruesome Halloween celebration. Sunday October 18, 2009 marks the official end of Legs Inn’s 2009 season. Plan to come out and celebrate one last time with friends, coworkers, ghouls and goblins as we close out the 2009 season with Northern Michigan’s favorite live music act The Jelly Roll Blues Band.
Check back for additional details, times, prices, etc. Awards will be given out for a variety of costume categories.
What: Legs Inn’s Famous 2009 Annual-End-of-the-Season Halloween Bash featuring The Jelly Roll Blues Band
When: Sunday October 18, 2009
Where: Legs Inn, Cross Village, phone 231.526.2281
Why: It’s the last day of our 2009 season
