Boyne Mountain
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| Location | Boyne Valley Township, Charlevoix County |
| Nearest city | Boyne City, Michigan |
| Vertical | 500 ft |
| Top elevation | 1120 ft |
| Base elevation | 620 ft |
| Skiable area | 850 acres |
| Runs | 60 |
| Lift capacity | 22,650 |
| Terrain parks | 4 |
| Snowmaking | 90% |
| Night skiing | Yes |
| Website | Boyne.com |
Boyne Mountain Resort is a ski resort with a collection of accommodations in Northern Michigan located near Boyne City operated by Boyne Resorts. The center piece is an upscale resort called The Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa. Boyne Mountain has continued use of the first chairlift built, originally constructed in Idaho in 1936 for use at a resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. It is also the location of Avalanche Bay, the largest indoor water park in Michigan. Boyne Mountain is the sister resort of Boyne Highlands.
The Boyne Mountain Resort was originally co-developed by Everett Kircher, Jim Christianson and John Norton. The group purchased the site for $1 in 1947 from Michigan Senator William Pierson and opened it as a ski resort in 1948. Kircher acquired the first chairlift ever built (from Sun Valley, Idaho) and moved it to Boyne Mountain where parts are still in use today.
Between 1947 and 1992, Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands innovated in chairlifts, creating the world's first triple chairlift (1963), world's first quad chairlift (1965) and the US's first six-passenger chairlift (1992).
Boyne Mountain has ten chairlifts and a carpet lift, which lead to 60 runs including all of the standard difficulty ratings, from green to double black. Lift tickets are not required to ride the carpet lift or "Boyneland" chairlift, but those lifts only access green areas.
29% of the skiing area is beginner terrain, 41% is intermediate terrain, and 30% is expert terrain. The slopes are groomed, and the expert run "South McLouth" is occasionally used by a Slalom skiing group.
Boyne Mountain has four Terrain parks, a superpipe, a minipipe, and a ski/board cross course. The biggest park is called "Meadows Terrain Park," and others include "Ramshead Park" and "Fritz Progression Park." Terrain parks at Boyne Mountain are most commonly snowboarded, but skiers can be seen riding them too.
Boyne Mountain has two nearby golf courses: The Alpine and The Monument.
The Alpine course at Boyne Mountain weaves down the mountain towards Deer Lake. There are several water hazards and sand bunkers placed by the owners, making for, in their words, "A thrilling round."
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