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Possibly Moving to the Upper Peninsula (Michigan)

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stokedelic
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any info is great. mountains, food, stuff like that. really just looking for good terrain parks and some pow occasionally. also the going rates on lift tickets, season passes.

Jul 31 2010 11:19AM
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stokedelic
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id also be most likely moving to the "thumb" as my dad says. about an hour north of detroit.
Jul 31 2010 11:34AM
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Pinguu
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The "Thumb" is not the upper peninsula dude... That's the east side of the lower peninsula, the UP is an entirely different place. As far as anything in the thumb I can't really help, just lettin you know thats in the lower peninsula.
Jul 31 2010 11:50AM
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stokedelic
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thanks for clarification. so i guess ill use the term above detroit.
Jul 31 2010 12:17PM
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zylstra
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i don't know of any hills in the thumb region but if you're new to MI in a few hours you can probably make it to crystal mountain, boyne, nubs, caberfae, otsego, etc
plus i think there are some other ones on the eastern side of the state like apple mountain and then theres the garbage heaps in the south
Aug 1 2010 2:30PM
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stokedelic
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yeah i was lookin at crystal. thats 4 hours though.
Aug 1 2010 3:13PM
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MichSteeze
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nice, i live in the thumb. yeah but nowhere near the thumb can compare to boyne or nubs, they are deffinitly worth the trip up. I try to make the trip to boyne about every other weekend and in the down time i ride Pine knob.
Aug 1 2010 6:02PM
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[-mvee-]
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haha upper peninsula detroit thumb area does not sound familiar. but theres a few different options in both the thumb and upper peninsula to shr3d.
Aug 1 2010 8:51PM
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J.DUKE
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Im from Imlay City, the "Gateway to the Thumb" as a large sign says next to the highway. The closest place to shred for me was either Holly or Pine knob. If you're going to be farther north, towards bay city or Bad Axe, Apple mtn is gonna be your easiest option.

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Aug 1 2010 10:38PM
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[-mvee-]
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way outta the way but im from yale dude. we play imaly and everything. kinda funny.
Aug 1 2010 11:13PM
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MichSteeze
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ha Imlay city is like 15 minutes away. yeah i would recommend holly or pine knob. have never been to apple before though.
Aug 2 2010 7:46AM
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Midwestjibski
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Although crystal is my weekend mountain, my other home mountain is Mount Holly (garbage dump) which is about 45 minutes north of detroit so it might be somewhere near you.  Its decent, not that great though.  I've heard better things about Pine Knob which is very close.
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