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Packages include two-bedroom condos for six days and five nights; prices are as low as $199 a night. 800-968-7686; www.crystalmountain.com

Indianhead Mountain . At Wakefield, in the western Upper Peninsula, life is low key. Outdoor activities include hiking to waterfalls, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, trout fishing in streams, lake trout fishing, golfing on a par-3 course and disc golf. Indianhead offers hotel lodging, chalet, trailside condos. Rooms go for as little as $58 a night in the main lodge; one-bedroom condos, $125 a night. 800-346-3426; www.indianheadmtn.com

-Minnesota

Lutsen Mountain . Lutsen is hard by the northwestern shore of Lake Superior. Duluth lies 90 miles to the southwest, Grand Marais 18 miles to the northeast. Lutsen Mountain's summer offerings include a mountain bike park, gondola for sightseeing, an alpine slide (a summer luge run on a twisty Fiberglas track), horseback riding, kayaking, canoe rides and hitting the links at Superior National Golf Course, a mile away.

Lodging is available at three properties on the mountain - Eagle Ridge Resort (condos from $84 a night), Caribou Highlands Lodge (from $69 to $139 a night) and Mountain Inn ($95 a night midweek, $119 on weekends). There's also Lutsen Resort on Lake Superior, which has bed-and-breakfast packages starting at $99.90 a night per couple, and a bevy of other lodging options in the area. 218-663-7281; www.lutsen.com

-Wisconsin

Devil's Head. Located at Merrimac, 3 miles from popular Devil's Lake State Park and south of the Wisconsin Dells, the resort has scenic hiking trails, mountain biking, indoor and outdoor pools, stocked ponds for fishing, tennis courts and a 36-hole championship golf course.

Golfers can get a two-night weekend package that includes lodging, two dinners, two breakfasts or lunches, 18 holes of golf including a cart, for $321.56 per person based on double occupancy. A two-night unlimited golf package with the same meals costs $370.52. Comparable week day packages start at $269.91. 800-472-6670; www.devilsheadresort.com

Whitecap Mountain. With views of Lake Superior's south shore and Weber Lake, Whitecap enjoys a true wilderness setting amid hardwood forests. Skye Golf is Whitecap's summer gem. Non-golfers can go on kayaking expeditions, swim in Lake Weber, fish for trout and bass, and soak in a hot tub. Hurley is the nearest town for shopping and nightlife.

Summer getaways in a chalet or condo start at $125 a night. An 18-hole round of golf costs $45. A two-night golf package, which includes two nights of lodging in a standard room and unlimited golf for one day, goes for $148.50 per person, double. 800-933-7669

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