Get ready to raise your stein and kick off ski season in style. Skitoberfest brings together the best of Oktoberfest with a mountain twist.
Find craft brews flowing from a keg trailer, Bavarian eats in the food tent, and live music all day long. Challenge your friends to stein hoisting, keg throwing, or spouse-carrying competitions.
Try your hand at some new activities like axe-throwing and pie-eating. Plus, no Skitoberfest is complete without our Pray for Snow Bonfire.
Summoning a winter filled with powder days, après-ski meetups, and plenty of turns.
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SkitoberDays 2025: Two weekends of autumn awesomeness! October 10-12 & 17-19 brings you live music, roaming performers, and axe-throwing thrills. Kids celebrate FREE with activity wristbands (included with youth SkyBridge tickets) featuring pumpkin smashing, painting, animal encounters, and inflatable adventures.
Two Weekends, Non-Stop Beats
Live Music
Experience SkitoberDays with a live soundtrack that elevates every moment. Dance, sing along, or let the music enhance your mountain adventure across two incredible weekends.
Autumn Activities
Kids get FREE wristband access to pumpkin smashing, painting, animal encounters, and inflatable adventures with every youth SkyBridge ticket.
Peek at the Peak
SkyBridge Michigan gives you the best vantage point to witness fall’s vibrant transformation. The view of northern Michigan’s fall colors from way up here is worth the trip alone.
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SkitoberDays 2025: Two weekends of autumn awesomeness! October 10-12 & 17-19 brings you live music, roaming performers, and axe-throwing thrills. Kids celebrate FREE with activity wristbands (included with youth SkyBridge tickets) featuring pumpkin smashing, painting, animal encounters, and inflatable adventures.
Two Weekends, Non-Stop Beats
Live Music
Experience SkitoberDays with a live soundtrack that elevates every moment. Dance, sing along, or let the music enhance your mountain adventure across two incredible weekends.
Autumn Activities
Kids get FREE wristband access to pumpkin smashing, painting, animal encounters, and inflatable adventures with every youth SkyBridge ticket.
Peek at the Peak
SkyBridge Michigan gives you the best vantage point to witness fall’s vibrant transformation. The view of northern Michigan’s fall colors from way up here is worth the trip alone.
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Halloween comes to Boyne Mountain the weekend of October 24-25, 2025. Celebrate at our Halloween Hoopla event with character meet-and-greets, balloon twisting, face painting, and trick-or-treating across the resort.
Heights & Frights
noon-3pm
Captain Jack Sparrow, Cruella, and Maleficent take over SkyBridge Michigan from noon-3pm. Enjoy frightfully fun entertainment, photo opportunities, and meet & greets. Walk the plank on the SkyBridge with Jack Sparrow, and indulge your inner villain at this one-of-a-kind event
Halloween Activities
2-8pm
Boyne Mountain is your one-stop shop for Halloween fun. Enjoy complimentary balloon twisting, face painting, pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, wagon rides and more.
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When ski season’s in full swing, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the chairlift ride is half the fun. So each year, during the offseason, we keep our Hemlock lift running – providing stunning panoramic views of the valley. Whether you capture the lush green of spring or the brilliant foliage of fall, you’ll certainly appreciate the lift.
- $15 per day for non-resort lodging guests
- Tickets available at the Ticket Window
- All rides (both complimentary and paid), must have a ticket
- Children five and under ride free
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Boyne Mountain – SkyBridge Michigan
World’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Play All Day
Your ticket includes all-day access to thrills and stunning views from the scenic two-person chairlift and SkyBridge Michigan. Cross first thing in the morning, stay late to catch the sunset, or watch the changing landscape throughout the day. Lawn games, seating, and restrooms are located on Disciples Overlook.
Two Lifts, Endless Views
Our historic two-person Hemlock lift offers an intimate journey through vibrant fall foliage, while the Mountain Express six-pack provides sweeping panoramic views of the resort and surrounding wilderness.
Morning rides showcase crisp, clear vistas while afternoon journeys bathe everything in warm, golden light.
Panoramic Valley Views Year Round
Venture along the 1,200-foot-long, 118-foot-high pedestrian bridge between McLouth and Disciples Ridge peaks, overlooking the Boyne Valley. Take the paved loop to see the bridge from all angles. Every season is a guaranteed camera-pleaser.
Eat Your Heart Out
Eat and play to your tummy’s content at the Eagle’s Nest and SkyBridge Michigan Food Truck. Treat your taste buds to a Polish basket at the SkyBridge Food Truck, or stop by the Eagle’s Nest for a drink before your descent.
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It’s a night of pairing your favorite things! Get a couple pairs of tickets for you and your favorite pair of friends because we are going to pair delicious fall foods from the Beach House Restaurant with all of your favorite fall brews from Short’s Brewing Company. A Short’s Beer Liberator will be on-site to guide you through the five-course dinner, explaining how each beer compliments the dish. Pair that with the ambiance of a beautiful restaurant that sits on the shores of Deer Lake, and it’s bound to be a fantastic evening!
- Dinner: 6 – 9pm
- Cost: $55
For reservations, please contact Bobbie Jo Benko at 231.549.6854.
Your MENU for the evening:
| The BEER |
The FOOD Pairing |
| Local’s Light |
Thinly sliced cured Rustico Salame and Sopressata, Maple Smoked Cheddar, Soft Pretzel Bites, and Course Ground Mustard. |
| Autumn Ale |
House Made Sausage grilled with Mai Ploy Dipping sauce and Micro Greens. |
| Nicie Spicie |
Garden Fresh Arugula with Mandarin oranges, Plum Tomato, Shaved Onion, Toasted Pinenuts, and Nicie Spicie peppercorn Vinaigrette. |
| Prolonged Enjoyment |
Smoked Plath’s Pork Loin, Mango Chutney, a curry Tabuleh Salad, and Fried Pappadum. |
| Soft Parade |
Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Fresh Berries. |
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The Gravel Grinder will be a gravel road race like nothing you could have imagined.
This event will debut October 4, 2014 and will always be the first Saturday in October.
The race is limited to 2,000 riders.
There will be a 20-mile, a 45-mile, and a 60-mile race. The 20-mile race is very flat, but the 45- and 60-mile races will have long steep climbs, which will test your mental sanity.
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A Zipline Adventure is an all-thrills, no-skills activity for adventure seekers of all ages. Let this high-speed Boyne Mountain experience take your breath away – and leave you eager for more.
Zipline Adventure Tour
Our 2.5-3 hour Zipline Adventure Tour features a series of 10 lines (9 in the winter) that travel up to 4300 feet. Feel what it’s like to fly at speeds of 20-25 mph on lines up to 50 feet in the air and 780 feet in length. The adventure begins at the top of the mountain, and routes you through trees and across the slopes of Boyne Mountain.
Reservations are required for the Zipline Adventure Tour. Walk-ins are welcome on a space available basis, but reservations are the only way to guarantee your space. A credit card is required to confirm booking. Call 231.549.7256.
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