This annual weekend kicks off the fall harvest season along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail featuring crisp and bright cool-climate wines and culinary delights that reflect the season’s bounty. This exciting fall event includes a self-guided tour along the trail, where you’re free to visit any of the 27 participating wineries in any order you choose on both Saturday and Sunday.
Ticket Information:
Tickets are $40 and include a souvenir wine glass, along with a featured wine and small bite food pairing at all 27 participating wineries. After your featured pairing, most wineries offer an additional complimentary 2 tastes. Purchase your tickets by selecting a starting winery where you will check-in to the event and pick up your supplies before charting your own course to participating wineries in any order you choose. Tickets are good for both Saturday and Sunday. Designated Driver tickets are available for $20 and include the small bites.
Don’t want to drive?
Find a willing friend and purchase an additional designated driver ticket for just $20. Your driver can still enjoy the food pairings while he/she takes you from winery to winery. You can also take your food and wine tour via bus or limo by contacting one of our transportation partners. We encourage you to contact them PRIOR to purchasing your tickets and a starting point. Visit our transportation page for a complete list of our preferred partners. Thanks to NoMI Sparkling Water for their sponsorship of our Designated Driver program!
PLEASE NOTE: The Harvest Stompede RACE is no longer taking place.
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Saturday, Sept 7th, 11 – 6pm
Sunday, Sept 8th, 12 – 5pm
$40 per person
Enjoy one or two full days in scenic beauty. On day one, capture the warm autumn dunes in all their glory from high sand dune lookouts to scenic forest overlooks, ponds and forests in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. On day two, journey through the Leelanau landscapes of orchards, hillsides and historic farmsteads adorned with fall color.
Join naturalist photographer, Mark S. Carlson and digital photography Expert, Bob Grzesiak as you:
Learn fundamental photography skills
Learn your camera’s features and operation
Enjoy expert group instruction while in the field
Experience unique habitats and eco-systems
Open to all photographers, from beginners to advanced amateurs, using any type of camera. Driving and walking tour. Limit 20 participants. Non-photographer spouses welcome at reduced rates.
Tuition: $249 per person
Both days of the Leelanau Gold Eco-Photo Weekend also available as individual one-day eco-photo excursions for only $149 per person.
Visit the Great Lakes Photo Tours website for more information.
Join us in welcoming Michigan artist, Blaine Siesser, this Saturday while enjoying our award winning wines & spectacular views.
Blaine has been working on ‘The Michigan Project’ for approximately 3 years & is unveiling the final results here at Chateau Chantal. His expertly produced high end photographic images showcase the amazing ecological diversity of our state.
Blaine’s images have been used by fortune five hundred companies & his prints enjoyed by Forbes list members. In 2013 Blaine began a project to explore & photograph Michigan in a way that’s never been done before; not only in the grand format of 8×10, but visually in a way that explores its ecological diversity through subtle landscape views.
Since beginning the photographic journey Blaine has driven thousands of miles, spent weeks scouting hundreds of locations so he can share the best Michigan has to offer.
His attention to quality, subtle style & perspective presents a Michigan that is easily overlooked, diverse, elegant, serene & uncommonly graceful; a depiction and categorization of the state rarely photographed or declared.
Joe Minicozzi, Architect, Planner, Assessor, Smart Land Use Advocate, will speak in Traverse City, MI, Thursday, 9/17, 5pm at InsideOut Gallery, 229 Garland St.
Joe’s talk focuses on the economic benefit to smart growth design principles. His data driven comparative analysis of different land use designs with their respective property tax burden is enlightening.
His presentation has generated substantial debate regarding current land use practices around the country.
Joe will speak both Thursday, 9/17 & Friday, 9/18 at the Michigan Municipal League Convention, here in Traverse City, in addition to his free public talk at InsideOut Gallery Thurs, 5pm.
The Tri Up North triathlons are bike, paddle, run triathlons in Frankfort, Michigan put on by the Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. This event centers around Frankfort’s Betsie Bay on the Western shore of Lake Michigan which is the perfect setting for a triathlon. Tri Up North features two different triathlon courses: The Classic 10 mile event which is specifically geared toward beginners and those who are looking for a little motivation to become more active and the Challenger 22 mile event which is a competitive course for experienced athletes and relay teams looking for a challenge. For those who would like to participate but aren’t interested in tackling a triathlon there is the Betsie Bay Walk, this fun non-timed 2.5 mile walk may be the perfect fit!
Funds raised from the 2019 Tri Up North Triathlon will support Community Wellness Programs at the Betsie Hosick Health & Fitness Center in Frankfort. This includes programs and classes such as Senior Movement & Balance, Active Steps, The Journey Program, Youth Injury Prevention, fitness classes in locations across the community, and offseason student conditioning. More information available at the Betsie Hosick Health & Fitness Center website.
The weekend of the Tri Up North Triathlon provides a great opportunity for both locals and visitors to enjoy an athletic challenge and then relax and soak in Northern Michigan. Fall offers an explosion of gorgeous colors to add to the areas natural beauty and the easy going pace. With Frankfort as your home base for the weekend, you’re in one of the most picturesque harbor towns: on M22, one of Michigan’s most famous roads; and right at the edge of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. With the race on Saturday morning, you’re free in the afternoon to set off and explore Frankfort and the other beautiful nearby communities.
There’s no better way to get the “Up North” feel than by making September 14th your weekend to Tri Up North!
Our Farm-to-Table dining series brings the fresh flavors of northern Michigan to the Thistle Pub & Grille the third weekend of each month, May through September.
Our chefs work with local farms, making personal visits to many of them, to build a custom three-course menu.
Our Farm-to-Table series is a clear example of Crystal Mountain’s commitment to the sustainability of the local food movement and the role that our restaurants play in it.
Enjoy one or two full days in scenic beauty. On day one, capture the warm autumn dunes in all their glory from high sand dune lookouts to scenic forest overlooks, ponds and forests in 
