Detroit Free Press: Ultimate Michigan Summer Sports Bucket List
Copper Peak was featured in the Detroit Free Press as #7 for the Ultimate Michigan Summer Sports Bucket List: 50 Activities You Must Try! Click here to view the article.
Copper Peak receives $125,000 MDARD grant
Exciting news for Copper Peak! Copper Peak has received a grant of $125,000 from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. For more information, refer to the press release below.
Fall 2016 engineering and schedule update
As you have seen, planning and fundraising continue to move forward here at Copper Peak! We have the support of the International Ski Federation and have received input from some of the brightest, most experienced hill designers and engineers in the world. Due to a variety of factors, including fundraising efforts, weather and engineering needs, […]
FIS Approves renovated Copper Peak profile
OCTOBER 2016 – The International Ski Federation has approved a renovated profile for the Copper Peak ski flying hill near Ironwood, Michigan.
Billy Demong to Co-chair Fundraising Efforts
Copper Peak Founders Circle of Champions will recognize top-level donors IRONWOOD, MI (September 16, 2016) – Copper Peak has launched the Founders Circle of Champions, an exclusive recognition for Copper Peak’s top-level campaign donors, as they continue to raise funds to transform the peak into the world’s premier ski jumping summer training facility and a […]
Sammy Carlson at Copper Peak
“The Sammy C Project” – Skier spins off Copper Peak… backwards. Teton Gravity Research and 8-time X Games medalist and 3-time Real Ski Champion, Sammy Carlson, introduce The Sammy C Project. The Sammy C Project hopes to inspire those even beyond the realm of snow to go after their dreams with tenacity. Sammy Carlson, places […]
M Live: Copper Peak to be resurrected
From MLive.com UPPER PENINSULA — Even after ski flying competitions ceased there in 1994, Copper Peak remained an attraction unto itself in the Upper Peninsula. The ski ramp, billed as the “largest ski jump on the American continent,” draws more than 10,000 visitors annually who want to catch the view from the 26-story top gate. […]
Copper Peak officials hold information session
By RICHARD JENKINS IRONWOOD, MI (October 29, 2015) — It was a packed house at Gogebic Community College Wednesday as Copper Peak officials provided more details regarding plans to bring ski flying back to the Gogebic Range. Copper Peak Organizing Committee Chair Bob Jacquart began the presentation by telling the audience that there was still work […]
Gear Junkie reports on Copper Peak 2017 plans
UPDATE: Competition to start in October of 2019 For more information, click here. (Apr 20, 2017) Gear Junkie reports on plans to renovate and reopen Copper Peak for ski flying events: “Copper Peak is unlike any other site we considered for these events and will be the only ski flying hill in the summer Grand […]
Ski Flying set to return in 2017
IRONWOOD, MI (October 20, 2015) – Ski flying is returning to Copper Peak with a series of competitions. UPDATE: Competition to start in October of 2019 For more information, click here. (Apr 20, 2017) Representatives of the Federation of International Skiing have awarded Copper Peak a Grand Prix Summer Series finale event to be held […]
