I work in Grand Rapids, live in Grand Haven, go to school in Muskegon.
I ski at Cannonsburg before work on Mon-Wed-Friday all the time. They have a nice terrain park for the size of the hill, and lift lines on mon-wed-friday are non-existant.
Last year I hitup all the places, Caberfae, Crystal, Highlands / Mountain, Shanty Creek (Schuss / Summit), Bittersweet, that even smaller hill right by Bittersweet, and Nubs Nob of course.
Crystal seemed to be like gaper mountain. I didn't check out the terrain park that much at the time though due to a wrist injury, but the lift lines were pretty big.
Caberfae, two boring hills with no terrain park really. Cheap $9 sunday skiing passes, but the lift lines at this rather meh hill make it not worth going to.
Shanty Creek...they have some $10 skiing days, and $17.99 passes on liftopia that make visiting there not too costly. I like the lift capacity of Boyne Mountain, Nubs Nob, and Shanty Creek the most.
In the forseeable future I am going to be moving to Kalamazoo so I might be switching to riding at Bittersweet all the time.
In a nutshell though I paln on skiing Boyne Mountain as much as possible on the weekends this ski season, and Cannonsburg or Bittersweet during the week days, depending on what city I am working out of.
I hope to meet up with some of you.