Sara Powers , Digital Content Producer. While many visitors travel to Michigan to experience the lakes, beaches, and scenery the state has to offer during the summer months, it also provides a beautiful landscape for winter activities throughout the winter. The community is known for its upscale shopping and waterfront dining and is located between Boyne Mountain and The Highlands for those interested in skiing.
Guests can stay at the Inn at Bay Harbor, which offers cozy rooms overlooking the water. Snowshoeing, snowmobiling, sledding, ice skating and more outdoor activities are offered throughout the area during the winter months as well. Pictured Rocks provides a breathtaking view for visitors in the summer and winter months. The typical outdoor winter activities of snowshoeing, skiing and snowmobiling are favorites among visitors, but ice climbing and ice viewing have also become popular in the area.
The ice usually starts to form in mid-December and lasts through April, according to the National Park Service. For more information on the best areas to view frozen waterfalls, and to learn about guided tours for ice climbing, visit here. Traverse City is popular during the summer months for a variety of activities, including visiting its wineries and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, but visitors can still experience those in the wintertime too.
Guests can go sledding down the Dune Climb, snowshoe through the trails, rent fat-tire bikes, and take wine and beer tours. You can sit in yurts or igloos at some wineries and breweries during the winter. The city also has a vibrant downtown area where people can shop at a variety of small businesses. For more on the winter fun that Traverse City has to offer, visit here. Sault Ste.
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