Advice: Mount Bohemia

dude if you are in Minneapolis just drive to Colorado to ski there. Why drive all the way to go to Mount Bohemia, its shit and not worth it

facedownassupdude if you are in Minneapolis just drive to Colorado to ski there. Why drive all the way to go to Mount Bohemia, its shit and not worth it

have you been there ?

AmateurPilgrimhave you been there ?

no, its not worth my time

the only ppl that think its good is those from the Midwest

Yeah it's a terrible place, please never go there!

jk

As is the case with all winter driving, make sure to watch the weather before you head out. Late December is usually a big time for lake effect given the lake is still pretty warm. The storms can be really nasty up there and I would not want to be caught in one. They do give you breakfast (Always pancakes) and dinner(always contains pork) however don't expect that to fill you up so make sure to bring plenty of snacks as well as stuff to drink. When it comes to cloths again I stress to watch the weather, just know though that it is normally pretty windy.

As for good runs, I'm not going to go into specifics but I would recommend going over towards Outer Limits. I'd say most of the hills harder terrain is over there. Go any further than Outer Limits or go off the back side you can expect to do some hiking.

The place is really laid back and I feel that gives it a special vibe that most Midwest hills lack.

Have fun!

Oh and tip the bus driver every now and then.

Lol don't listen to dumbassfacedown or whatever his name is.

I've only heard that it's a great time. The Jackson Hole of the East as someone said on here. In terms of making it less dangerous, just don't be a dingus on the roads. They get a lot of snow up there from the lake effect. Idk what goes on at night there, maybe bring some games, movies...booze, BOOT DRYER. Bring a bunch of pizzas and one of those rotating pizza maker things.

facedownassupno, its not worth my time

the only ppl that think its good is those from the Midwest

Are you retarded? Mount Bohemia is half as far from Minneapolis, has almost as good of terrain, is much less crowded, and has much better snow. I've skied Mount Bohemia, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, and Idaho, including spending two full seasons in Utah (which has better snow than Colorado). I skied some of the best snow of my life at Mount Bohemia.

OP, keep in mind that Mount Bohemia needs a lot of snow to open, so they may not even by open by Christmas, and if they are, it might not be that good. Spring break would be a better time to go. And then of course there's a risk of getting rained out, but at Mount Bohemia, when the conditions are good, they're god-teir.

Cats.Are you retarded? Mount Bohemia is half as far from Minneapolis, has almost as good of terrain, is much less crowded, and has much better snow. I've skied Mount Bohemia, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, and Idaho, including spending two full seasons in Utah (which has better snow than Colorado). I skied some of the best snow of my life at Mount Bohemia.

OP, keep in mind that Mount Bohemia needs a lot of snow to open, so they may not even by open by Christmas, and if they are, it might not be that good. Spring break would be a better time to go. And then of course there's a risk of getting rained out, but at Mount Bohemia, when the conditions are good, they're god-teir.

To further Cats. point I would recommend you take a look at last years snowfall totals for December

http://www.onthesnow.com/midwest/mount-bohemia/historical-snowfall.html?&y=2014

It takes a lot to fill in the hill and given the fact that they have no snow making equipment, you are really shooting from the hip by going that early. This year much like last is suppose to be a strong El Nino (especially through November and into early December) which means the air masses coming across the lake will probably not be as frequent nor will they pick up as much precip. and therefor there will be less accumulation, who knows though. I know it is a pain in the ass if you have already booked the trip however I would recommend you hold off until late January-early March to get the most out of your trip. Last year mid February was amazing!

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mt bohemia is good enough for meathead films.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790965/Mt--Bohemia-ski-Michigan-Upper-Penisula-Copper-Harbor-Keewenaw-UP

Go, have fun, pack beer and cards against humanity, enjoy your time on the mountain but don't do something too far out of your comfort range, drink and play cards in a yurt, crash the party of your you per neighbors, and check out the bear belly grill right across the lac la belle

On the mountain, dress light. Its more physical skiing than anything youre used to in the midwest. You will be sweating hard.

JustGoWithItTo further Cats. point I would recommend you take a look at last years snowfall totals for December

http://www.onthesnow.com/midwest/mount-bohemia/historical-snowfall.html?&y=2014

It takes a lot to fill in the hill and given the fact that they have no snow making equipment, you are really shooting from the hip by going that early. This year much like last is suppose to be a strong El Nino (especially through November and into early December) which means the air masses coming across the lake will probably not be as frequent nor will they pick up as much precip. and therefor there will be less accumulation, who knows though. I know it is a pain in the ass if you have already booked the trip however I would recommend you hold off until late January-early March to get the most out of your trip. Last year mid February was amazing!

you never know what will happen with the weather, in 2013 when we went up in December the day after Christmas we got pounded with like back to back 10 inch snow falls it was the second best snow I've ever skied....only Solitude in Utah with 28 inches beats it.

I held a season pass to bohemia for a few years, lived in Houghton for a bit.

Some trip advice:
- There are little towns all over, but no gas stations very near the mtn so fill up.
- Hit up Suumi's restaurant in Houghton on the way in if you can!
- I don't know if you have showers in the huts, but Travelodge on the south side of the Houghton/Hancock bridge has a great hot tub/ pool / sauna. 45 min from bohemia though, since i lived in Houghton it was convenient for me.
- Bohemia shuts down at like 4pm, so bring stuff to do or go explore
- You can duck ropes and get away with a warning at least once, but they've been good about opening them if they're worth riding.
- bs and be nice to people, most of them are locals that are there all the time, esp on winter break. If you get an offer to sauna/swim on Superior, take it.

don't die

bohemia is a blast!! Multiple small hucks right under the main lift. Lots of bigger cliffs off to your right when you get off the lift, some frozen waterfalls if you catch them at the right time. Lots of areas to explore and they all lead back down to the road and you can catch the bus back to the base. Have fun man!!

Cats.Are you retarded? Mount Bohemia is half as far from Minneapolis, has almost as good of terrain, is much less crowded, and has much better snow. I've skied Mount Bohemia, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, and Idaho, including spending two full seasons in Utah (which has better snow than Colorado). I skied some of the best snow of my life at Mount Bohemia.

OP, keep in mind that Mount Bohemia needs a lot of snow to open, so they may not even by open by Christmas, and if they are, it might not be that good. Spring break would be a better time to go. And then of course there's a risk of getting rained out, but at Mount Bohemia, when the conditions are good, they're god-teir.

Mt. Bohemia seems really fucking rad, but you've lost touch with reality a bit it seems.

HP123bohemia is a blast!! Multiple small hucks right under the main lift. Lots of bigger cliffs off to your right when you get off the lift, some frozen waterfalls if you catch them at the right time. Lots of areas to explore and they all lead back down to the road and you can catch the bus back to the base. Have fun man!!

casualMt. Bohemia seems really fucking rad, but you've lost touch with reality a bit it seems.

From all video evidence it still seems like Bohemeia is short cliff faces into flat overgrown landings and runouts.

Looks like a fun spot with a cool vibe, but its still only the best in the midwest haha.


Id personally suggest saving a few hundred more monies and doing an SLC trip.

quixoticmt bohemia is good enough for meathead films.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790965/Mt--Bohemia-ski-Michigan-Upper-Penisula-Copper-Harbor-Keewenaw-UP

meatheads skis anything with a dusting of snow, so they aren't really a good thing to use to prove a point about how good the snow is

Peter.meatheads skis anything with a dusting of snow, so they aren't really a good thing to use to prove a point about how good the snow is

300+ inches of snow annually, better steeps than anything on the east coast, yurts at the base and a bus system that wraps around the mountain. The mountain is right off of superior creating lake effect blower.

Funny how all these people that have never skied bohemia decide to comment on this thread.

Did I mention they're implementing the first ever midwest cat skiing operation this season? They just logged and cut runs this summer. Yes a fucking cat will be operating this winter.

Lots to explore and the lifties are chill as fuck! :) Hope you enjoy man!!

HP123300+ inches of snow annually, better steeps than anything on the east coast, yurts at the base and a bus system that wraps around the mountain. The mountain is right off of superior creating lake effect blower.

Funny how all these people that have never skied bohemia decide to comment on this thread.

Did I mention they're implementing the first ever midwest cat skiing operation this season? They just logged and cut runs this summer. Yes a fucking cat will be operating this winter.

Lots to explore and the lifties are chill as fuck! :) Hope you enjoy man!!

I just haven't seen any videos showing how rad it should be according to a few people. Im always up for skiing stoke!

californiagrownI just haven't seen any videos showing how rad it should be according to a few people. Im always up for skiing stoke!

I saw a video from a snowboarder of bohemia on youtube. While he wasn't riding hard at all the video did show a ton of snow there.

JAHpowI saw a video from a snowboarder of bohemia on youtube. While he wasn't riding hard at all the video did show a ton of snow there.

I tried youtubing and i just saw what looked like classic east coast cliffs with flat overgrown landings and runouts. Id love to see some rad videos that show it being as great as folks say!

Wakefield High School in Michigan for a lil handrail session on the way up. Also Houghton has a stupid amount of handrails, I've heard Tech is anal about skiing on campus though. The bigger question is why am I talking handrails in a pow trip thread?

casualMt. Bohemia seems really fucking rad, but you've lost touch with reality a bit it seems.

I don't deny that many places in the Rockies are much better than Bohemia, but Bohemia has good terrain even by Rockies standards and god-tier snow, that's all. Rockies beat it due to elevation and better cliffs if for no other reason.
That and Colorado isn't that great, which is what facedownassup was comparing Bohemia to. Utah vs Bohemia, Utah wins no competition. Colorado vs Bohemia? Bohemia still loses but it's much closer, and Bohemia has better snow than Colorado.

californiagrownFrom all video evidence it still seems like Bohemeia is short cliff faces into flat overgrown landings and runouts.

Looks like a fun spot with a cool vibe, but its still only the best in the midwest haha.


Id personally suggest saving a few hundred more monies and doing an SLC trip.

Definitely this. Bohemia is great and very worth going to, but Utah is better.

Cats.I don't deny that many places in the Rockies are much better than Bohemia, but Bohemia has good terrain even by Rockies standards and god-tier snow, that's all. Rockies beat it due to elevation and better cliffs if for no other reason.
That and Colorado isn't that great, which is what facedownassup was comparing Bohemia to. Utah vs Bohemia, Utah wins no competition. Colorado vs Bohemia? Bohemia still loses but it's much closer, and Bohemia has better snow than Colorado.



Definitely this. Bohemia is great and very worth going to, but Utah is better.

colorado isnt just summit... and i highly doubt that bohemia has terrain like breck or Abay.

Cats.I don't deny that many places in the Rockies are much better than Bohemia, but Bohemia has good terrain even by Rockies standards and god-tier snow, that's all. Rockies beat it due to elevation and better cliffs if for no other reason.
That and Colorado isn't that great, which is what facedownassup was comparing Bohemia to. Utah vs Bohemia, Utah wins no competition. Colorado vs Bohemia? Bohemia still loses but it's much closer, and Bohemia has better snow than Colorado.



Definitely this. Bohemia is great and very worth going to, but Utah is better.

Not that it makes any difference to me what your perception is, but you're pretty insistent, so here's the reality:

According to Bohemia's site, they average 273" vs loveland's 400". Bohemia has 500 acres, loveland has 1900, with about an additional 500 on top of that planned for an expanded cat skiing operation (already have a free cat service accessing above treeline avy terrain). Bohemia has 900' of vertical, loveland has over 2000' (not counting some of the hike to terrain, and not counting the sidecountry accessed terrain).

And that's just loveland, a mom and pop mountain that a lot of people don't even think about as they drive by it on the way to wherever. I won't even mention some of the other resorts in utah, california, Washington, Wyoming etc. that are in an entirely different class both from Bohemia and loveland.

All that's just to say that mt. Bohemia seems fucking rad, and is basically in a league of its own relative to the Midwest and east coast. But, you're kidding yourself trying to put it on par with even middling resorts in the Rockies in terms of the measurable.

Thing is though, measurables are only a piece of the puzzle. From what I understand from some buddies, the place is an amazing tight knit, laid back mountain. To me, that shit combined with the intangibles and its relative superiority to other places nearby make it a special place. I really want to go there sometime, and when I do, you can show me how much better than Colorado it is ;).

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Id rather go to paradise.

I haven't logged in in ages, but I'd love to help out.

To everyone comparing ski areas numerically like fantasy football teams or boot flexes, mountains aren't math. Ski more and read less. Or something.

Bohemia is a strange joint. The lifts are slow. The employees are slow. The vibe is slow. But that's where it starts getting good. The snow, if you understand how to ski north facing aspects, is always skiable. There's more mini-jib lines and wood chopping options than the entire compendium of Traveling Circus if you know what to look for. If you want to get weird in the woods, Bohemia is only topped by the tiny resorts in Montana, Idaho, and Washington you've never heard of like "Lost Trail" or "Schweitzer" or maybe Stevens.

If the snow is awesome, game on. If it isn't, get creative.

It's nice because nothing is a surprise. If it looks scary, it's because you can actually see the landing or the trees. If you've never spent any time out west, you'll spend less time getting a work out in moguls you don't know how to ski and more time jumping off of things. Just don't get caught ducking any ropes because the ski patrollers don't enjoy it.

You won't get colorado blue sky, endless vert, or 50 foot cliffs, but you're not going to get most of that in colorado anyways. It takes a ton of time and energy to get in shape to ski out west like the locals do. You also won't get uber-crowded groomer runs, rich jerks having melt downs because their boots hurt, and altitude sickness, which happens to people more than you think.

When you're in the cabins, you're literally surrounded by an endless supply of places to build kickers. If the snow is soft, and you can see it, odds are it's ok. But really, get the full midwest experience and go night skiing at Mont Ripley. They usually have at least 15 rails up if not double that by that point in the year. If it's snowing the bowl makes for the best high speed laps in the midwest. Other than that you're in the middle of nowhere. Want to take the same trip you'll be taking in 10 years with all of your dude-friends to "escape reality?" this is your shot. Bring whatever you think you need for spending a lot of time in some really dark woods at night and be prepared to have a good time.

Don't listen to that guy. Bohemia is truly a hidden gem of the Midwest and a lot of people, and myself, consider skiing at Bohemia parallel to some mountains out west. It's fresh powder, they get dumped on, they don't groom their trails, and it's not crowded because a lot of people don't know about it. I've been there once and my advice to you is, pick warm. You're gonna be freezing there. Make sure you have some good powder skis or some freeride/all mountain skis. I'm not lying to you when I say they don't groom the trails and for the most fun, you're gonna wanna have something along those lines. Have fun out there and spread good vibes

This place has been on my bucket list for years and will hopefully knock it off sometime soon

yelselThis place has been on my bucket list for years and will hopefully knock it off sometime soon

I feel like your bucket list must also include other low hanging fruit like: own a car, see an ocean, and visit Canada.

californiagrownI feel like your bucket list must also include other low hanging fruit like: own a car, see an ocean, and visit Canada.

eh, got you there-i've already knocked those off my list too.

yelselThis place has been on my bucket list for years and will hopefully knock it off sometime soon

I'll be spending another season in Minnesota one of the next couple of years, girls trip? girls trip.