Nub's Nob is a ski area in Pleasantview Township, Michigan, United States. It is near Harbor Springs. Opened by Norman and Dorie Sarns in 1958 as a small ski hill, it has sprawled out to a fairly large ski destination with nine lifts. The area gets its name from the nickname of founder Norman "Nubby" Sarns.

History

In the mid-1950s Norman and Dorie Sarns, residents of

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on the coast of

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, built a small ski hill to entertain their friends and family. Finding the snow that close to the lake unreliable, they looked for another location further inland and found the present location about 5 miles north of

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. Tree-cutting, lodge building, and chairlift installing began in 1957, and the resort opened the following year with three trails and one 65-seat chairlift. For the next season, five new runs were added to the area bringing the grand total to 8 trails. A lift control malfunction in late 1961 resulted in numerous injuries and a fatality. By 1977, the resort had expanded to fourteen trails serviced by four chairlifts, including two new double chairs and a Pomalift. That year Dorie Sarns sold the resort to the present owners, The Pleasantview Ski Corporation (Walter and Alfred Fisher). The new owners further expanded the resort, opening Nubs South in 1979, and started work designing the Nub's Nob snowmaking gun which was patented in 1985. By 1981 there were 21 trails and five chairlifts at the area. The resort began clearing glades and opening them up to skiing, beginning with the Southern Comfort Glade which opened in 1995. Pintail Peak, about a half-mile (0.8 km) south of the main hill, opened for skiing in 1997 adding twelve trails and a quad chairlift. A year later, night skiing was added to Nubs South, greatly increasing the amount of night skiing terrain. In 2008, a second chairlift was added to Pintail Peak, bringing the area to its current total of 8 chairlifts, one rope tow, and a magic carpet. After the most recent additions of runs Panda Land in 2012 and Outback Jack Glade in 2015, the area reached its current total of 53 runs, consisting primarily of intermediate trails with a fair amount of expert runs (three groomed runs on the front side of the area and seven glades spread over the three peaks) and beginner terrain (found mainly on Nubs South). In 2021, a covered magic carpet was added to the free beginner area, bringing the total number of lifts to 10.

Winter activities

The area offers

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

, and

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

. Snowshoeing, ice skating, snow tubing, and snowmobiling are available nearby.

References

Nubs Nob Ski Area: Michigan - Resort Info & Mountain Stats
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What's Happening at Nub's Nob!

External links

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