Let it Snow! North Slopes Ski Guide Available at Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine

TraverseMagazine.com/NorthSlopes/ Is Ready to Help Skiers & Snowboarders Plan Their Winter Escapes, Offering Deals, News & Stats on Snow-Covered Slopes in Northern Michigan -- Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine offers a no-sweat guide to get folks skiing and snowboarding in Northern Michigan. The guide, available on newsstands now in Traverse's December issue and online at TraverseMagazine.com, profiles 18 ski resorts spanning Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

Traverse City, MI (PRWEB) December 10, 2007 -- Online and in print, Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine offers its readership and website visitors a no-sweat guide to get folks skiing and snowboarding in Northern Michigan, North Slopes Guide (www.traversemagazine.com/northslopes/). The guide, available on newsstands now in Traverse's December issue and online at TraverseMagazine.com (www.traversemagazine.com), profiles 18 ski resorts spanning Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. For each resort, the guide provides slope statistics including vertical drop, number of trails, lifts, terrain parks, peak lift ticket prices and cross-country trails. Additionally, Traverse editors cover news and updates for each resort including remodeling, night-skiing, shopping, restaurants and kid's attractions like tubing and ice skating.

The slopes covered in the North Slopes Guide include:

Lower Peninsula:

Caberfae Peaks, Cadillac

Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville

The Homestead Resort, Glen Arbor

Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire

Treetops Resort, Gaylord

Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls

Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs

Nub's Nob, Harbor Springs

Upper Peninsula:

Norway Mountain, Norway

Ski Brule, Iron River

Pine Mountain Resort, Iron Mountain

Marquette Mountain, Marquette

Mont Ripley, Hancock

Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle

Blackjack, Bessemer

Porcupine Mountain, Ontonagon

Big Powderhorn Mountain, Bessemer

Indianhead Mountain Resort, Wakefield

Visitors to TraverseMagazine.com/NorthSlopes/ (www.TraverseMagazine.com/NorthSlopes/) who provide their email address can download the complete guide at no charge. To request a hard copy, call (231) 941-8174 to have the December issue of Traverse shipped to you for $7.00 ($4.50 cover plus $2.50 shipping and handling). The hard copy and downloadable versions provide additional information on family deals and signature events.

About Prism Publications, Inc.

Prism Publications, Inc., founded in 1981 by Deborah Wyatt Fellows, publishes Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine, Northern Home & Cottage and Destination Northern Michigan, a Northern Michigan travel guide, in addition to several other print and online publications. Traverse and its staff have won more than a dozen national and international awards for excellence, including most recently "Magazine of the Year" from the International Regional Magazine Association and a 2007 silver award for general excellence from the City and Regional Magazine Association. Prism has also published Reflections of a Life Up North, (www.traversemagazine.com/gift-gallery.htm) a coffee-table book of stunning photography from Traverse paired with a collection of Fellows's columns, which has been reprinted in an expanded edition. Prism Publications is also a proud sponsor of many events including the Cottage & Lakefront Living Show, the Michigan Log & Timber Expo, The Epicurean Classic and the National Cherry Festival's Cherries D'Vine event. The privately held company is headquartered in Traverse City, Mich. For more information, visit traversemagazine.com (www.traversemagazine.com) or call (231) 941-8174.

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