WHAT'S NEW AT NUB'S!
We’re celebrating our 50th birthday! - Thanks to all of our loyal customers this winter marks 50 years of fun at your first class and friendly ski area. We’re already looking forward to the next fifty!
New night skiing hours, new ticket choices – While our Friday, Saturday and Holiday night skiing hours remain the same (9 till 4:30 pm then 6 till 10 pm starting 12/26/07), we’ll now be open from 9 till 9 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays once regular night skiing starts in January. We’re also introducing a new 4 hour Freedom lift ticket good for any consecutive 4 hour period (Saturdays and Holidays only after 12:30pm).
More gladed tree skiing and expanded runs – We are opening another expert only gladed tree skiing area featuring natural terrain and Mother Nature’s finest snow. Located on the west side of the Superpipe, this addition to the Arena Glades has tighter trees and a wind protected pitch. We also removed the tree island between Goose Bumps and Chill Out on Pintail Peak and moved the snowmaking to the north side of the slope. The terrain park sees some changes as an expanded boardercross course replaces the tabletop jumps and the railyard gets some new features.
More Snowmaking Power - Continuing our tradition of the "Midwest's Best Snow!" we once again expanded our world class snowmaking system. 8 additional Nub's Nob snowguns were built this summer bringing our total gun count to 250. This system, in the hands of the Midwest’s most experienced snowmaking and grooming team, allowed us to open with a historic number of slopes last season. We also had significantly more slopes open and in much better shape than any other lower peninsula ski area last December during a weather challenged Christmas holiday.
Two New Pisten Bully Snow Grooming Machines - In our never ending quest for the best snow possible we have purchased two new snow grooming machines manufactured by Pisten Bully. Using the best design and engineering in the business, these incredible machines allow our award winning crew of experienced groomers to continue producing the best ski and snowboard surfaces possible. Both of these machines feature the new Z-Flex tillers – something no other resort in the Midwest offers.
All new rental skis, bindings and boots – This season you will see new children and adult shaped skis and bindings in our rental fleet from Rossignol. We’ve also replaced every one of our rental boots with the latest gear from Nordica. No other northern Michigan area offers a rental fleet newer than Nub’s!
Nub’s Rated #1 for Terrain Parks and #4 for Grooming in North America in the 2007 Ski Magazine Reader Resort Survey! The results from the Ski Magazine 2007 Reader Resort Survey ranked our terrain park as the best in North America and our slope grooming ranked #4 overall. Thanks to you, Nub's Nob continues to be the only Midwestern ski area ranked in any of the categories ever!