December is here and snow is blanketing the ground, providing Michiganders a fast start to the ski season.

Michigan is home to more than 40 ski and snowboarding areas across the Upper and Lower peninsulas, the second-highest number in the country, Pure Michigan noted, and the typical Michigan winter provides frigid temperatures and plenty of snow.

In the Upper Peninsula, resorts include Mount Bohemia in the northern Keweenaw Peninsula, one of the best in the country according to USA TODAY readers. Marquette Mountain Resort in Marquette amd Snowriver Mountain Resort , near Ironwood, also are favorite winter destination in the UP's lake-effect snow belt. The UP is typically Michigan's snowiest area with heavy lake-effect snow up to 300 inches per year, the Upper Peninsula Tr

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