Tour Overview
Walk the Boyne Mountain Resort Property and learn about its history
Actual Distance: 2.25 mile walk + .75 mile chairlift ride (round trip)
Traverse the Boyne Mountain Resort grounds while learning about its founder, Everett Kircher, and the history of the Boyne Ski Club.
If you would like to just read about each stop on the tour, scroll down on this page and select the locations to access the information.
If you would like to follow the tour from Start to Finish on foot, proceed to the entrance of the Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa and click START TOUR, then select STANDARD TOUR MODE.
If you would like to walk around the property on your own and stop at the different locations in no particular order, click START TOUR, then select FREE ROAM MODE.
Stops
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Stop 1: Welcome To Boyne Mountain Resort
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Stop 2: Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa - Everett's
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Stop 3: Balloon Platoon in Parking Lot - now the Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa
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Stop 4: Boyne Ski Club - now the Clock Tower Lodge
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Stop 5: Symon's General Store - now the Burton Shop
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Stop 6: Boyne Ice Rink - now Stein Eriksen's Patio
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Stop 7: Stein Eriksen's
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Stop 8: Snowflake Lounge
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Stop 9: Boynehof Lodge
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Stop 10: Duck Bill Snowmaker
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Stop 11: Original Four-Place Meadows Chairlift
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Stop 12: Ski Patrol
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Stop 13: Current Meadows chairlift
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Stop 14: Grass Parking Lot
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Stop 15: Boyne River Loop
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Stop 16: Goodbye Sign
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Stop 17: Boyne River
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Stop 18: Boyne Valley Trailway
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Stop 19: Opening Day - January 9, 1949
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Stop 21: Kircher House
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Stop 22: Old Hemlock Golf Course - now the Tennis Courts
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Stop 23: Boynestadt Condominiums
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Stop 24: McClouth trails
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Stop 25: Forty Acres Tavern
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Stop 26: Historic Hemlock chairlift
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Stop 27: Chalet Edelweiss
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Stop 28: Eagle's Nest
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Stop 29: Michigan's Second Bridge - Boyne's SkyBridge
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Stop 30: Victor trail
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Stop 31: The Hemlock Tree on the Hemlock trail
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Stop 32: End of the Tour