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Take advantage of Big Snow Country’s LONGEST ski season. Guaranteed lowest price ends Sept 15.

SEASON PASSES FOR THE 2010/2011 SEASON!
Indianhead is Home of the LONGEST SKI SEASON in Big Snow Country.

	BEFORE SEPT 15	BEFORE OCT 15	REGULAR PRICE
Adult (18 and over)	$269	$289	$309
Junior (13-17)	$228	$248	$278
Child (12 and under)**	$181	$201	$239
Senior (65 and over)	$181	$221	$249

**NEW THIS SEASON! 12 AND UNDER FREE PASS WITH EACH PAID ADULT PASS
Call 1.800.3INDIAN and ask for the Ticket Office.

REDISCOVER GREAT VALUE. PASSHOLDER BENEFITS

As a passholder at Indianhead Mountain, you’ll enjoy great money-saving benefits, not to mention the longest season in Big Snow Country!

• Indianhead opens EARLIER and stays open LATER than any other resort in Big Snow Country. Our season is longer than many in the Midwest ensuring you get maximum VALUE for your dollar.
• Bring A Friend for only $25. On select dates throughout the season.

NEW THIS SEASON!

• Save 30% off hotel rooms. Rooms can only be booked within 14 days of arrival date. Not valid December 26-January 3rd or with any other offer or discount. Based on availability.*
• 10% off at Indianhead Gift Shop. Shop is located adjacent to the front desk in the Main Lodge.*

*Must present pass at time of purchase to receive special pricing. Special offers are not valid with any other offer or discount.

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2010-11 SEASON PASS SALE

BUY NOW FOR THE BEST VALUE IN BIG SNOW COUNTRY! NEW THIS SEASON….A BIG POWDERHORN SEASON PASS WILL SAVE YOU $10 OFF THE DAILY TICKET AT BLACKJACK SKI RESORT!!

IT IS NOW EASIER TO BUY YOUR PASS AT BIG POWDERHORN, NO NEED TO BUY AS A GROUP IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST VALUE! All passes INCLUDE night skiing!

As an added bonus, you can get one FREE child season pass with each paid adult season pass. You could be bypassing the lift ticket lines and going straight to the lifts which sounds like a much better use of your vacation time. Please note - a free child pass does not count as a purchased pass when determining the amount of discount that you will get.

Here are our current season pass rates as of March 1, 2010:

Ticket Type	Buy before MAY 31 2010	Buy in Fall of 2010	Midweek only*
Adult (18-64)	$249	$299	$199
Junior (13-17)	$229	$269	$179
Child (7-12)	$199	$229	$159
Senior (65+)	$199	$229	$159

* Midweek Season Pass are valid Monday through Friday (excluding the holidays). However, with your midweek pass, you can purchase a weekend or holiday lift ticket for just $10! If you have any questions about any of our Season Pass options, give us a call at 800-501-SNOW (7669). We would be happy to answer your questions.

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Purchase before September 30th for huge savings! (Check Website for complete pricing information. Prices subject to change.)

Individual Adult Season Pass - Ages 18 - 59. 2010/2011 Season.
$295.00
$245.00
You Save: $50.00

Individual Junior or Senior Season Pass - Ages 13 - 17, or 60+. 2010/2011 Season.
$259.00
$199.00
You Save: $60.00

Family Season Pass
$895.00
$695.00
You Save: $200.00
Family Season Pass. 2010/2011 Season. All family members must be on the same tax return.

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The snow went fast, just patches in the woods. ONE DAY SKI SHOP SALE: we will be open this Saturday March 27th from 9-4. Clothing 40% off, wax and accessories 25% off, ski boots, skis, and poles 25-60% off. Race demo and rental skis and boots for sale.

The ski shop is order for mail order or by appointment only. Discounted Season passes are on sale by phone order or mail in checks. ABR E5299 West Pioneer Road Ironwood MI 49938. Discounted rates $110 Adults (18-64), $95 for Jr and Sr. $300 for a Family.

Thank you for your patronage, have a nice summer see you back next November!

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Kids accompanied by an adult ski free, get free equipment rental and instruction.   Noon to 2 pm Sundays in February.

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Dec 15. Great snow, sun, freshly groomed Chippewa Headwall

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3 inches of new snow. Guns rockin’ again. Opening more terrain for the weekend. Looks like Timber Wolf terrain park will have some features open too. Stay tuned! Birthday Bash this weekend!

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Our base ranges from 10 to 30 inches. Lifts 6 and 7 are open.

We have been making fresh snow these past 24 hours. Surface conditions are Power Tilled, Powder Packed Powder, 4 trails open- Big Bird, Musket, Richocet, Lower Smoke. Ticket rates are $25 for Adults and $20 for Juniors and Seniors…….have a great day everyone!!!

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Bear Creek double and Tomahawk condos at Indianhead Mountain - Taken Wednesday, December 11 at 1:14pm

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Big Powderhorn Mountain (under new ownership) is planning to open for the 2009 - 2010 season on December 11, 2009.

2009-10 UPDATE

We are pleased to announce that Big Powderhorn Mountain is under new ownership!! But don’t worry, the same great skiing and boarding and more of the same friendly and helpful staff will be here to greet you and your family this season. In fact, most of the same faces you have have come to expect to see when you visit us will be here to greet you again this season. The new owners and managers are passionate skiers and boarders; folks who have been visiting and enjoying the slopes of Big Powderhorn for many years. In fact, some have been skiing here since the resort opened for the 1963/64 season! While you are sure to see changes around the resort, you can count on the same strong standards and family fun atmosphere and staff that has made Powderhorn a midwest family favorite resort.

NO RATE INCREASE:

It is already tough enough to take a family on a well deserved vacation, it ought not to cost more! So we have held our weekend and holiday rates at last season’s price and LOWERED our midweek rates! Call Big Powderhorn Lodging for great midweek lodging value and you will have a vacation that is affordable and fun! Contact lodging at 800-222-3131.

Racing:

Last year we invested in some new wireless timing gear and let our snowsports instructors experiment with some fun races in various locations around the hill. This year we are bringing regularly scheduled racing back to Big Powderhorn. Sundays will be the day to look for a chance to race and for a modest fee you can race against the clock, a friend or your whole family. Most of the time the course will be set on Dynamite Trail but we will also be mixing it up with other locations around the mountain to keep it interesting and test your ability to adapt to different terrain. If you have a group that would like to race on a different day or have your own private race, give our Snowsports School a call and see what they can do for you.

Terrain Parks:

Last year we added some rails and fun boxes to our parks. This year we are fine tuning our system and adding a couple new items. Our park design team will be setting up Oxbow Park to have a good mix of features in the beginner to intermediate range and Powderkeg Park will be geared more for intermediate to advanced riders. Even though Oxbow is geared to be a bit less challenging, it does have a couple of the biggest rails in the Midwest if not the country. Our straight rail is over 115 feet long and the rainbow is an arch that is over 65 feet long and can reach over 7 feet above the snow depending on the amount of snow we have and how it’s groomed.

Children Ski Free:

With every adult lift ticket purchased, you can get a child’s (9 & under) lift ticket for free! The child’s ticket must be requested at the time of the adult ticket purchase and it must be for the same number of days and the same dates. The savings from this deal can save more than enough money to pay for the gas for the entire trip!

Wine Huts:

Big Powderhorn now offers three cozy trailside huts for your private lunches or get-togethers on the mountain during your ski day. We provide the fire, grill, charcoal, and staff to transport your food to the huts for a very nominal fee ($20). Call ahead to reserve your hut or to get more details on this popular option.

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Woke up to white ground and it continues to snow. - Eric at ABR Trails

First Snowfall of the season! It’s official. About an inch has accumulated here at the mountain on October 10, 2009. Time to plan your vacation to Indianhead. Discount lift tickets available online www.indianheadmtn.com and great lodging specials available by calling 1.800.346.3426 - Indianhead Mountain

Snow is forecast for the weekend. stay tuned to the new website www.abrski.com

The fall has been really pretty. Colors are in full/post peak. September/October have been the months to take care of any last minute trail changes, get the firewood, get rid of dead fallen trees on the trail and mow the trails low for the October snows that often fall here in Big Snow Country. We are now ready for the white stuff!

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Well-known for its collection of downhill ski resorts, the Big Snow Country of the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan is also home to some of the most challenging and most scenic cross country ski trails in the midwest.

Every winter a succession of snowstorms blows in over the waters of Lake Superior and turns the rugged terrain and old growth forests of the region into a pristine and spectacular white landscape. Here in the Western U.P. the blessings of winter are bestowed upon the cross country skier with a great and wonderful abundance.

“The secret to our popularity is that we get a lot of snow and we get a lot of snow early,” says Eric Anderson, owner of ABR Trails in Ironwood. “We attract a lot of competitive skiers early in the year who use our trails to train for the race season later in the winter.”

The professionally groomed trails of ABR Trails generally open in November - with the season starting some years as early as the last couple of weeks of October.

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Farewell 2008…
December was good to us with a lot of snow but 2008 is done so now it’s time to see what 2009 has in store for us - it’s off to a great start! We’ve got lots of snow and very good conditions. Our New Years Eve fireworks really launched the new year off with a bang. If winter is being a bit iffy in your part of the world, come and see what it’s like in Big Snow Country.

Dec. 21 - Making a mad dash to get the skis on.	Dec. 21 - It was a little hard to see through, but a lot of fun to play in!
Dec. 24 - Kids are always worried about Santa being able to find them when they are up here…	Dec. 24 - …They don’t realize that he KNOWS how to find out what they want and where they are on Christmas!
Dec. 28 - After a couple cloudy days, the sun came out and gave us a great day.	Dec. 28 - It looks like good weather with a bit of snow up through New Years Day.
Dec. 30 - More of our wonderful Holiday snow really put the crowds in a good mood.	Dec. 30 - Everyone on the beginner slope thought they were in a snow globe.
Dec. 30 - We had a great turn-out for our New Years Eve torchlight parade and fireworks show. Lots of Booms and color that lit-up the entire village.	Dec. 31 - Some serious glitter in the final barage. Thanks to the Spielbauer Fireworks crew for another amazing show!

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It’s Still Summer But We’re Getting Ready…
We hope your enjoying a great summer! It seems to be flying by way too fast. We’re starting to do some of the “get ready for winter jobs” around here now. The trails are being mowed and we did some work moving the big rails in Oxbow Park. Last year the park was a bit random so this year we are trying to make three distinct lines with the features so you can get more hits out of a run. We’re also moving the starting ramp back farther to make more room. The goal is to better utilize the natural terrain with the features, make it so we can get the park open faster with less snowmaking, and have a better park. Thanks to those of you who wrote-in with ideas on how to improve the parks. We’ll keep working to make them better.

07/29 - Relocating the battleship rail to its new home.	07/29 - Moving the big rails to the center of the park should make for better rider access as well as make it easier to get the groomers around them.
07/30 - Placing the rainbow in its new spot.	07/30 - One of the park regulars checking out the new set-up.
08/01 - The big rails are in place and the skirting is re-attached.	08/01 - Mowing the trails has started again. Fall is not too far away.

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2008/2009 Hill Hopper Prices
Regular season prices

Experience the unique amenities of our premier Upper Peninsula resorts during this winter’s getaway. Hop from Indianhead Mountain to Big Powderhorn with one Hill Hopper Lift Ticket.

Pre-season special is a limited time offer. Buy now and save big!

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