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Resorts & getaways / Gaylord · Pigeon River Valley

Treetops Resort

Independent

A golf and ski resort above the Pigeon River Valley near Gaylord, with five courses (including Michigan's only Tom Fazio design), winter skiing and tubing, and a full-service spa.

You book on the hotel’s own site. We don’t charge you anything and we never see your booking.

The resort's snow-covered lodge buildings from above, with the sun low on the horizon

Treetops Resort · Photo from the venue’s official website

One of the resort's golf courses among autumn woods, seen from aboveThe stone-walled Treetops entrance sign with flowers

Quick facts

Opened
1954
Check-in
17:00
Check-out
12:00
Pets
No pets; service animals with advance notice

03 / The story of this place

What’s it like to stay here?

Treetops started out in 1954 as Lin Meade's Sylvan Knob ski area. Auto-parts executive Harry Melling bought it in 1983, added the Sylvan Inn and more lodging, and brought in Robert Trent Jones Sr., whose Masterpiece course gave the resort its Treetops name. Today it spreads over about 3,300 acres with five golf courses, including the only Tom Fazio-designed course in Michigan and the Threetops par-3, which hosted ESPN's Par-3 Shootout in 2001. From December to March you can ski, snowboard and go tubing, and a full-service spa is waiting when you're done. It's about 10 minutes from I-75.

  • Five courses, one by Tom Fazio
  • Skiing and tubing, December to March
  • Began as Sylvan Knob ski area in 1954
Former names
Sylvan Knob Ski Area (1954–1983)

Getting there

Look at the packages first: they bundle savings for golf trips, spa getaways and couples' weekends. Check-in is at 5 p.m.; check-out is noon for hotel rooms and 11 a.m. for condos and cottages.

What comes with your room?

  • Spa
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Meeting space
  • Golf

Eat and drink in the house

  • Legends on the Hill restaurant
  • Bar 81 bar
  • The Sports Bar bar
  • Halfway Cafe caféOn-course snack stop

The hotel’s packages

What the hotel offers on its own site: check the exact price and terms there.

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