A six-lane magic carpet tubing park at a four-season resort 31 miles northeast of Traverse City, with hourly sessions and a 36-inch solo minimum.
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Tickets reserved online up to 48 hours in advance
Shanty Creek Resorts’ alpine tubing park sits at a four-season resort in Bellaire, about 31 miles northeast of Traverse City. Our record lists 6 lanes and a magic carpet lift, and it lists hourly sessions with the tubing park operating year-round. The resort’s ski page confirms alpine tubing as a winter activity but gives no tubing specifics, so we could not verify more.
The planning details in our record are these: riders need to be at least 36 inches tall to go solo, and tickets are reserved online up to 48 hours in advance. It is not clear whether that is a booking window or a last-call cutoff, so read the resort’s tubing page before assuming you can buy late. Our record lists no price, no age minimum and no night tubing.
Because Shanty Creek is a resort, guests staying overnight may find it easier to add tubing to a longer trip than casual day visitors do. Plan for hourly slots and check whether lodging packages bundle tickets.
For alternatives, Timberlee Hills is about 11 miles straight-line and Hickory Hills Recreation Area is about 17 miles. Compare lifts in our magic carpet list.
Reserve online ahead; our record notes tickets are reserved online up to 48 hours in advance, so confirm whether that is a cutoff or an opening window. Sessions are hourly.
One hourly session; book the slot online
You want to decide on the day (booking is online), want a night session (none listed), or have a child under 36 inches.
Timberlee Hills in Traverse City is about 11 miles straight-line, and Hickory Hills Recreation Area in Traverse City about 17 miles.
Our record lists a minimum height of 36 inches for solo riders.
Our record says tickets are reserved online up to 48 hours in advance. Confirm the rule on the resort site.
Our record lists hourly sessions, and lists the tubing park as operating year-round. Verify seasonal availability with the resort.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Tickets reserved online up to 48 hours in advance
Minimum height is 36 inches.
We track 16 tubing hills in Michigan. The park has not published a price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
It runs 6 lanes against a state average of about 6, so it is broadly typical for the state.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 16 parks we track in Michigan had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
This park hasn't published a street address we could confirm — the link above uses its coordinates instead.
shantycreek.com
Checked September 2026.