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Mt. Mancelona - anyone have info?

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spruitm
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Whenever we drive up to Boyne or Nubs Nob we pass through Mancelona and when going north you can see what is left of Mt. Mancelona.  The trails are still visible and you can see some of the lifts.
Does anyone know when it closed?  I know it was because there were so many other big places around.
I've been trying to Google it, but can't find much.  I found this in a 1958 Sport Illustrated:
"Mt. Mancelona, Mancelona: 4 miles of trails. T bar 1,200/300/814; five rope tows. New: 3 rope tows; lodge; locker rooms; bar; new trail; lighting for Friday night skiing; hi-fi skiing music. Reservations: Mt. Mancelona Ski Club, Mancelona. Snow conditions: HAROLD AXTMANN, Mancelona, Justice 7-7491."

Let me know if anyone has any info or has been there.

May 2 2010 5:28PM
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spruitm
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I don't know if anyone else is even interested in this, but I found a bunch of other closed hills in Michigan:

Timberlee Hills - closed 1972
Walden Hills - closed 1974
Holiday - closed 2001  (reopened a few years later by the locals as ski area for underprivileged kids)
Sugar Loaf - closed 2001
ski jump in Munising - closed in the 60's

It would be cool to hike them and take a few runs.

May 2 2010 6:00PM
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soulskier
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i live in gaylord, 30 or so minutes away and i can't say i've ever heard of it
we do a little bit of kayaking down some of michawae's old hills though, wicked fun
May 2 2010 8:47PM
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spruitm
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I want to take a long distance scooter trip this summer.  maybe i'll ride up there and take some pics.
May 2 2010 9:39PM
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JANGAJONGA
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I skied holiday this past winter and the park was actually pretty decent.
May 2 2010 10:26PM
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zylstra
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holiday is aight, don't try poaching there though, not happenin.
sugar loaf was just recently bought by some rich dude (read it in the paper forgot the details) and should be opening back up in the near future.
i always look at mt mancelona when i drive by. one time i mistook it for schuss when i was lost.
briar hill is another. its located in mesick, heard it gets mad pow but haven't hiked it.
May 5 2010 8:27AM
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DonCoyote
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Here is an awesome documentary that was done in the spring of 2011. I'm the guy in the Wolf hat. Mt Mancelona has been a favorite hangout in my youth and continues to be one of my favorite places in the world, today.  In the "Comments" section of the blog can be found a link to my YouTube channel which has a few videos of my Ski-Lift in action.

.....Enjoy.

http://miskireport.com/blog/entry/mt-mancelona/

.....(Aw Hell,..... here is a link to my YouTube channel).......

http://www.youtube.com/user/QuinlanOUR12?feature=watch

Dec 18 2011 5:58PM
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Goku
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it doesn't look like anything special...
Dec 18 2011 9:04PM
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Charliesteez
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I live near sugarloaf and that "rich dude" was a joke, he never bought it, it is still owned by some lady, but she has given some rights to a group of cross country skiers that have been clearing some trails, they are also planning on opening up a tow rope run, should be pretty sweet
Dec 18 2011 10:48PM
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DonCoyote
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I recently discovered that the link to the documentary has been changed.

..... Here is the new link,...... if it interests anyone.

http://miskireport.com/blogs/news/mt.-mancelona-a-man-and-his-mountain-documentary

Jan 14 2012 7:34PM
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