The first sign of winter weather means a variety of wintertime activities for kids and families to enjoy quality time outdoors.? One of the most popular and well-known wintertime activities is sledding and snow tubing.?
Similar to sledding, snow tubing has grown in popularity over the past few years, with some ski resorts offering slopes and hills specifically for the activity. Imagine yourself flying down a snowy hill, racing your friends or family members to the bottom, and taking in the scenic Michigan winter wonderland on your way back up to the top.?
With?snow tubing?being one of the many activities featured in?A Pure Michigan Winter, we?compiled a list of just a few places to go tubing in Pure Michigan.?
Do you have a favorite sledding or snow tubing hill that you want to share? Tell us in the comment section.
Timberlee Hills
Snow Tubing at Timberlee Hills is the perfect way to spend the day in Traverse City this winter. Tubing at Timberlee is all the fun of sledding ? without hiking back up the hill! There?s no hassle, huffing or puffing. Snow Tubing is one of the fastest growing winter recreational activities in America ? and Timberlee is Michigan?s largest snow tubing hill. For more information visit their website.
Mount Zion Recreational Complex
If you?re looking for affordable family tubing head to Mt. Zion in the Upper Peninsula! Mt. Zion is well known for very reasonable rates, their tubing park and learn to ski and snowboard programs. For more information visit their website here.
Gladstone Sports Park
Another tubing spot in Michigan?s Upper Peninsula is the Gladstone Sports Park. Known for their intermediate downhill ski area Gladstone also boasts a tubing area that includes three runs and the only return lift in the Upper Peninsula. For more information on the park contact parks@gladstonewireless.com.
Treetops Resort
Treetops Resort in Gaylord offers all of the amenities of a full service resort including skiing, snowboarding, a spa, and extreme tubing! Treetop?s extreme tubing run is adjacent to their ski slopes and offers a fun and exhilarating ride down the hills of Northern Michigan. For more information to start planning a family tubing trip see the website here.
Hanson Hills Recreation Area
Snowtubing is a main attraction at the Hanson Hill Recreation Area. This 1000 acre winter/summer sports park features family recreation at reasonable rates including a terrain Park, 11 downhill skiing runs, 35 km cross-country skiing, snow tubing, biking, softball field, hiking & walking trails, and rental facilities. More information is available on their website here.
Boyne Highland and Boyne Mountain
Boyne has two resorts in Michigan that feature some of the best tubing parks around. Take a break from a day of skiing and snowboarding for the most fun you have on have sitting down riding the tubing lanes! For more information visit the Boyne website.
Learn more about snow tubing in Michigan in Tubing | A Pure Michigan Winter, from the?Pure Michigan winter video series.
Source: http://www.michigan.org/blog/outdoors/sledding-and-snow-tubing-in-pure-michigan/
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