There’s an Upside and a Downside, photo by farlane.

A friend told me yesterday about a deal that Shell stations are offering to give you a free ski ticket at participating ski resorts when you buy 10 gallons of gas. The details are at skifreedeals.com and the Michigan resorts are:

• Apple Mountain
• Bittersweet Ski Area
• Boyne Highlands
• Boyne Mountain
• Caberfae Peaks Ski Resort
• Cannonsburg Ski Area
• Cross Country
• Crystal Mountain (where this photo was taken)
• Hanson Hills
• Homestead Resort
• Marquette Mountain
• Mt Bohemia
• Mt Brighton Ski Area
• Mt Holiday Ski Resort
• Mt Holly
• Mt Zion
• Norway Mountain
• Nub’s Nob Ski Area
• Otsego Club
• Pine Knob Ski Resort
• Pine Mountain Resort
• Shanty Creek Resort
• Snow Snake Mountain
• Swiss Valley Ski Area
• Timber Ridge Ski Area

Every once in a while I get to use one of my own photos. It’s in my contract along with the “no red jellybeans” clause. You can check it out bigger and in my Winter slideshow.

Tons more Michigan skiing info including profiles of these resorts at absolutemichigan.com/Ski.