5 Places to Take a Scenic Fall Color Chairlift Ride in Northern Michigan
By KARA JARVIS on October 3, 2019 Looking for some really incredible views on your Northern Michigan fall color tour? Head to these ski resorts. While you might overlook the views and fun that chairlifts provide during ski season, autumn is a whole different story. Fall color chairlift rides offer some of the most secluded and breathtaking vistas of […]
Copper Peak Goes Gold 50th Anniversary Celebration This October
IRONWOOD – Copper Peak is excited to announce the Copper Peak Goes Gold 50th Anniversary Celebration this October at Caribou Lodge in Bessemer, MI. With construction culminating at Copper Peak in November 1969, Copper Peak held its first ski flying event in February and March of 1970. Copper Peak will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary […]
Trails Fest Attract All Ages of Riders
Austin Sturbenz, 11, left, and Logan Holm, 10, both of Ironwood, keep the pressure on one another in trying to reach the finish line first at the end of the children’s trail run Saturday at the Copper Peak Trails Fest in Ironwood. By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com Ironwood – The cool weather proved perfect for around 135 […]
17 Spectacular Ways to Explore the Northwoods This September
Consider this your fair warning: as beautiful as an Up North summer is, this region is about to get impossibly beautiful with the arrival of autumn and the amazing colors the new season brings to our forests. And you’re going to want to explore the Northwoods all you can before this magical season ends. Here […]
Ride along with skydive over Michigan’s Copper Peak ski jump
Mike Tittel / Red Bull Content Pool Miles Daisher and Andy Farrington kiting off Copper Peak in Ironwood on 11 May, 2019 By Brandon Champion | bchampio@mlive.com IRONWOOD, MI – The view from atop Michigan’s Copper Peak ski jump is one of the best in the Midwest. The view looking down on it may be even […]
Racers double for second year of Red Bull 400 race up Michigan’s Copper Peak ski-jump
IRONWOOD, MI – Double the competitors and two new course records. That was the story of the day at the Red Bull 400 in Ironwood, where 1,000 athletes from across the globe raced 40 stories uphill to the top of Copper Peak’s ski jumping tower on May 11. Competitors traveled from as far away Malaysia […]
Pro Sports Extra: Watch: Red Bull 400, 2019 Copper Peak | Laugh as I attempt to run it
Via Pro Sports Extra Watch: Red Bull 400, 2019 Copper Peak | Laugh as I attempt to run it By: TrevStone Posted on May 13, 2019 Last year I attended the Red Bull 400 in Ironwood, Michigan – Copper Peak for the opportunity to get footage for Pro Sports Extra but this year is different as two weeks ago […]
World’s steepest 400-meter race hits Ironwood Saturday
via NewsWatch 12 Check out the video of Ben Semenek here. IRONWOOD, MI – Ben Semenek looked up from the start of the Red Bull 400 in Ironwood and saw the finish line that eluded him last year. “It’s the hardest 400-meter race in the world,” said Semenek. “It’s as difficult as advertised.” For him, finishing […]
Red Bull 400 registration at Copper Peak nearly sold out
via TV6 By Sarah Blakely | Posted: Fri 9:17 AM, May 03, 2019 | Updated: Fri 3:54 PM, May 03, 2019 WAKEFIELD, Mich. (WLUC) – The Red Bull 400 is coming back to Copper Peak on Saturday, May 11, and registration is nearly sold out. Last year’s inaugural event was Copper Peak’s first major event since 1994. It saw about […]
$10 million grant presents a ‘powerful opportunity’ for U.P. ski jumps
By Emily Bingham | ebingham@mlive.com IRONWOOD, MICH. — One of the planet’s historically superlative ski jump spots is on the precipice of making Michigan a world-class destination for the sport. Copper Peak and Pine Mountain, a pair of ski jumps located in the western Upper Peninsula, were jointly awarded a $10 million grant from the […]