A place every family deserves
Many ski areas exist to make a profit.
Mt. Holiday exists to make memories, build confidence, and keep the outdoors within reach for every family.
For more than 75 years, generations of Northern Michigan families have learned to ski here, walked our trails, celebrated milestones, gathered with friends, and introduced their children to the outdoors. Mt. Holiday has always been more than a ski hill. It is a community hill where kids get off screens and into fresh air, where families build traditions, and where neighbors come together in every season.
We don’t believe those experiences should only belong to families who can afford expensive lift tickets, private club memberships, or exclusive recreation opportunities. That’s why Mt. Holiday has chosen a different path.
As a nonprofit, community-based recreation area, Mt. Holiday keeps prices intentionally affordable, offers deeply discounted youth programs, provides scholarships, and creates year-round opportunities for people of all ages to connect with nature, recreation, and one another.
But affordability does not happen by accident.
Every season, the true cost of providing these experiences continues to rise. Snowmaking, electricity, lift maintenance, insurance, equipment, staffing, programming, and facility improvements all cost more each year. At the same time, unpredictable winters continue to place pressure on ski hills across the country, especially nonprofit hills built around access instead of profit.
Mt. Holiday is working. After an extremely difficult 2023–2024 winter, when the hill was only open for eight total days, the community helped make critical reinvestment possible. With new snowmaking equipment and lighting updates, Mt. Holiday was able to open the entire hill, for the entire season (opening on Dec 20th! The earliest opening on record!) and sell more than 700 season passes to local families.
That progress matters!
It proves that when this community invests in Mt. Holiday, Mt. Holiday can continue investing in the community.
This summer, we are asking you to help keep that momentum going. Our goal is to raise $100,000 by August 23 to help bridge the gap between what it truly costs to provide affordable, year-round outdoor recreation and what we charge to keep those experiences accessible.
Your gift helps a child experience the confidence of skiing for the first time. It helps families continue making memories together. It helps protect a place where kids can play outside, learn new skills, build friendships, and feel like they belong.
Because Mt. Holiday is not just our hill. It is our community.
And together, we can keep it that way.
The Momentum is Real – Then and Now
Your Past Support Is Already Making a Difference
| THEN – 2023-2024 Winter |
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| ❄️ Open just 8 days |
| Aging snowmaking system |
| Weather limited operations |
| Uncertain future |
| Limited programming |
| NOW – 2025-2026 Winter |
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| ⛷️ Open ALL SEASON |
| ✅ Major snowmaking & lighting improvements |
| 🎉 Earliest opening on record (December 20) |
| ❤️ 700+ local families purchased season passes |
| 🌿 Four-season recreation continues to grow |
That’s what community investment can do.
Every improvement made over the past year happened because people believed Mt. Holiday was worth investing in. Together, we transformed one of our most difficult seasons into one of our strongest.
Now we’re asking our community to help us keep that momentum going.