Shanty Creek Resorts

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What it feels like to stay here

Shanty Creek Resorts sprawls across 5,500 acres of northern Michigan hill country, big enough that the resort itself urges first-time visitors to phone the reservations team at 866-695-5010 rather than guess. Lodging is sorted first by village — Summit Village, Cedar River, and Schuss Mountain — and then by type, with hotel rooms on one side of the search and condos or homes on the other. Winter tallies 42 trails, two terrain parks, and seven lifts, with alpine tubing, snowshoeing, snow glide tours, and Nordic skiing rounding out the cold months. When the snow goes, golf takes over: five courses sit on the property, Cedar River, The Legend, Hawk's Eye, Schuss Mountain, and Summit. The fitness center, pools, hot tubs, and transportation services are reserved for lodging guests, who can also attach discounted lift tickets or rounds of golf to a booking. Eating and drinking happen at The Lakeview, The River Bistro, the CoffeeBAR, Ivan's, and a Full Swing golf simulator suite that doubles as après-ski entertainment. Outside the gates, Antrim County offers Torch Lake and the Chain of Lakes, the Grass River Natural Area, the Glacial Hills Trail System, and Short's Brewing. Reserving through Shanty Creek's own lodging pages is what attaches those guest-only extras to the trip, a difference the resort brands the Shanty Creek Advantage.

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