Riders, runners turn out for Copper Peak Trails Fest
By STEVE NEWMAN Ironwood – Saturday’s Copper Peak Trails Fest featured a variety of running and bike races for all abilities. For runners, there was a 7 mile trail run. For bikers, there were mountain bike races of varying lengths on a course that ran to the top of Copper Peak and down to the […]
Copper Peak Offers Beautiful Backdrop For Pictures
IRONWOOD, Mich. (WLUC) – For most people U.P. stands for the Upper Peninsula, but at TV6 we believe it stands for unbelievable pictures. One place to take those beautiful pictures is at Ironwood’s Copper Peak. At 1, 782 feet above sea level, Copper Peak is the place to be for shots of the U.P. An […]
I Raced Up a Ski Jump, and It Was Everything I Didn’t Expect It to Be
It’s one of the toughest things I’ve ever done. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. by Rose McNulty As a general rule, I don’t like to run. Sure, I do it to supplement the rest of my workout routine, but I wouldn’t call myself a runner. That being said, when I was presented with […]
Meet the Woman Who Just Won the World’s Toughest 400-Meter Race
Anna Mooi ran, clawed, and bear crawled her way to victory up the largest artificial ski jump in the U.S. Most races end with medals, snack bags, and photo opps. The Red Bull 400 ends with oxygen masks and a team of volunteers ready to catch careening participants. “It felt like I had a weight […]
RED BULL 400 COPPER PEAK GENERATES BUZZ
Nearly two weeks after hosting the first ever Red Bull 400 Copper Peak on May 12, we reminisce on the success of the event and look toward the future. With 450 participants (and another 700 on a waitlist after the event sold out in two days), 100+ volunteers, 5,000 spectators, 1.5 million views (and counting) […]
The Red Bull 400 Is a Painful Sprint Up a Ski Jump
The Red Bull 400 is a painful sprint, no matter if you’re an Army Ranger, Nordic skier, or magazine editor. By Jeff Dengate Ryan Taylor / Red Bull Content Pool Downing beers and nursing our wounds at the Cold Iron Brewery in Ironwood, Michigan, on a Saturday night, I asked Capt. Daniel Sprouse, a member […]
See Michigan atop Copper Peak’s ski jump Memorial Day weekend
By Brandon Champion IRONWOOD, MI – Copper Peak will open its popular Adventure Ride Memorial Day weekend. Located at the ski flying hill in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the unique attraction allows visitors of all ages to rise to the same heights as the athletes who have flown down the hill for years. Opening day is […]
Runners find another level at Red Bull’s ‘steepest race’ in U.P.
By Richard Chin , Star Tribune Ironwood, Mich. – This was the first running race I’ve been in where organizers offered you a barf bag and an oxygen mask at the finish line. But the Red Bull 400 was no ordinary race. From the name, you can probably guess the event was created by the […]
The steepest-ever Red Bull 400 comes to Ironwood’s Copper Peak
By Julie Williams View the video here. IRONWOOD, Mich. (WLUC) – With a vertical incline between 35 and 39 degrees, contestants took to the hill to conquer the worlds steepest race in Red Bull’s 400 Meter Race at Ironwood’s own Copper Peak ski jump. “Its a lot bigger in person that it is on TV, […]
Michigan: moving onward and UPward
By Tanya Baker Last week, Gov. Snyder headed to the U.P. for four days to visit with Michigan’s business, education and community leaders in Marquette, Ontonagon, Houghton and Ironwood to talk about Michigan’s continued comeback. He wanted to learn firsthand about some of the ongoing economic and community development efforts happening across the central and […]