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Copper Peak is a ski flying hill designed by Lauren Larsen and located near Ironwood, Michigan, United States.It was built in 1969 and inaugurated one year later. [1] [2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [3] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. [2]
An artist's rendering of Copper Peak, once the world's largest ski flying hill in the Upper Peninsula that has been closed for decades, shows what the project could look like if revitalized.
Copper Mountain is a mountain and ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado, about 75 miles (120 km) west of Denver on Interstate 70. The resort has 2,465 acres (3.9 sq mi; 10.0 km 2 ) of in-bounds terrain under lease from the U.S. Forest Service , White River National Forest , Dillon Ranger District.
There is also a natural ski hill by Lake Superior at Porcupine Mountains State Park, less than an hour from Ironwood. The Copper Peak Ski flying hill is located near Ironwood, Michigan. This facility is the only ski flying hill in the western hemisphere, and hosted 10 ski flying events between 1970 and 1994.
Copper Peak revitalization was pitched as an economic development project for the Upper Peninsula, which already has two working ski jumps. Michigan Is Spending Millions Trying To Refurbish a Ski ...
Ski Cooper: Leadville: 470 11,700 10,500 1,200 60 5 260 Jan 2020 Copper Mountain: Copper Mountain: 2,490 12,441 9,712 2,738 140 24 278 March 2020 [7] Crested Butte: Crested Butte: 1,547 12,162 9,375 2,787 121 15 253 March 2020 [8] Echo Mountain: Evergreen: 60 10,650 10,050 600 13 3 275 Eldora: Nederland: 680 10,600 9,200 1,400 63 10 225 March ...
Suicide Hill Ski Jump is a 90-meter ski jump located in Negaunee, Michigan, and is part of the Ishpeming Ski Club. It is one of three major ski jumps located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the others being Copper Peak (a larger ski flying hill) and Pine Mountain Ski Jump). Suicide Hill has been in existence since 1925.
Getting to the top of the jump is half the fun, with a ride up a chairlift and elevator, then climbing eight more stories of stairs.