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Where to ski at U of M

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Jennings
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Thinking about going there next year and am wondering if there is any decent skiing in the area.
Mar 21 2011 10:11AM
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JANGAJONGA
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There is mt brighton about 25 minutes away....http://www.mtbrighton.com/
And then there is Alpine Valley which is about 45 minutes away....http://www.skialpinevalley.com/

Hope this helps.
Mar 21 2011 1:35PM
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[J_Gasper]
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out of brighton and alpine valley, alpine valley is awesome. I usually go there. I know u ride crystal and the parks at alpine are much better due to them getting a better budget.
Mar 21 2011 7:40PM
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c.davis
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Jennings aplines legit.. we filmed there once or twice last year
Mar 21 2011 9:53PM
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Jennings
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^ good to knowww...wish i could go out to utah soo bad but at least theres some decent parks in the area..can anyone who goes there tell me like how much they go and how easy it is to get rides and whatnot
Mar 21 2011 10:23PM
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pr4l
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^wait, why dont you go to utah? if you can get into U of M you must have some damn good grades.
Mar 22 2011 3:32PM
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gpitcher
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i rode alpine prolly 35 days this year, pretty solid park, and a small amount of skiers who ride there. Prolly had 25-30 jibs this year and 5 jumps.

Mar 22 2011 8:29PM
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Jennings
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Cause michigans cheaper for me...and a better school unfortunately
Mar 22 2011 11:35PM
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brizz
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my summary of MI skiing...south of 45th parallel is typically sub 300 ft with amusing parks and north is a long drive for 500-800 ft with decent snow.

Always liked pine knob for detroit burbs skiing and Dexter and TJ mythically ripped brighton

Mar 23 2011 10:52AM
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[J_Gasper]
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I hate pine knob, i dont think they care for there parks and make kids build the lips and shit. also a bunch of 10 year old freeskiers that think there good go there
Mar 23 2011 3:35PM
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Crehm
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Alpine is great when they do it right, which unfortunately didn't happen this year. Brighton is a joke, and i have never been to knob or holly, but i have heard alpine is the most legit park of the 3.The only problem is it is mobbed with really crappy boarders that ruin everything and think they are the shit, only like 10 legit skiiers are there regularly.
Mar 23 2011 9:03PM
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B-Wald
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it used to be the spot in southeast MI. guess times have changed i guess.
Mar 26 2011 4:23AM
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gpitcher
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I have to disagree. They groom there jumps and parks every day. And there are a few solid skiers there.
Mar 26 2011 9:18AM
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[J_Gasper]
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oh well, it seems like everytime im there, there are 10 year olds trying to put lips onto the boxes. I only skied there about 8 times this year but it seemed like everytime i was there it was pretty much only a bunch of cocky 10 year olds. alpine is the place to be
Mar 26 2011 10:19AM
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gpitcher
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yea i mean that may have been true for the boxes, but not the jumps, the jumps were always pure. And yea i rode alpine around 35+ days this year. And alpine stepped up there game a little bit this year with upkeep, but it could be better.

Mar 26 2011 10:25AM
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[-mvee-]
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haters gunna hate. i personally love pine knob. i dont ski though. but i do notice that theres like 10 lil kids that think theyre pro.
Mar 28 2011 11:23PM
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[J_Gasper]
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yeah they are there like everyday.
Mar 29 2011 9:01PM
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JKill
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Go to OSU and ski Mad River. Problem solved.
Apr 1 2011 8:43PM
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[J_Gasper]
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go buckeyes! and mad river is the shit. plan on going to osu when college comes around

Apr 3 2011 7:00PM
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