Impressively roller-coaster trails for a very un-Michigan hill experience, and a hilariously funky lodge that used to be a house.
There are flat trails, and open trails, but the really unique aspect of Forbush Corner is the wealth of twisty, repeatedly-up-and-down trails like Rollercoaster, Badlands, and Li'l Coaster.
Grooming is good for classic, and reasonable for skate --- the day I visited, half the system had been freshly groomed (though less solid than some places do skate), and there was 1.5" of fluff on the other half. Skating the fluff worked fine, but might not be for everyone.
The western trails get fairly close to I-75, but there was very little road noise the day I visited.
The lodge is an old house, with a wood stove in the living room, a variety of tiny extra bathrooms scattered around, and a row of tractor-seat bar stools in the kitchen. There's a tureen of soup ("Soup not prepared in a commercial kitchen") and an honor-system money jar for Gatorade, hot chocolate, and granola bars.
There's a reasonable stock of Madshus skis and boots, but the current staff isn't as familiar with the details as Dave Forbush himself was reputed to be.
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