Bessemer, Michigan · United States · ski area
Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort is a ski area in Bessemer, Michigan, United States with 13 km of mapped downhill runs and 10 lifts, between 369 m and 497 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 13 km
- Lifts
- 10
- Top elevation
- 497 m
- Vertical drop
- 128 m
- Nearest airport
- RHI · 109 km
Slopes by difficulty
46 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 9 Chairlifts
- 1 Rope tows
Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort is a ski area in Bessemer, Michigan, the United States. Its 46 mapped downhill runs add up to 13 km, which ranks it #193 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 292 m long.
Slopes at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort
About 39% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 37% intermediate and 25% advanced or expert, which makes Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 10 lifts: 9 chairlifts, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 369 m up to 497 m, a vertical drop of 128 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI), about 109 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 21 min by car; Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) is 142 km away. Nearby ski areas include Wolverine Ski Trails, Mount Zion Ski Area (3.4 km), Black River Basin (10.5 km) and Jackson Creek Summit (14.9 km), which together add 48 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort
- 1 RHI109 kmstraight line
- 2 CMX142 kmstraight line
- 3 DLH165 kmstraight line
- 4 IMT170 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort
- 2 kmWolverine Ski Trailsup to 538 m
- 7 kmMount Zion Ski Area3.4 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 524 m
- 7 kmBlack River Basin10 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 493 m
- 9 kmJackson Creek Summit15 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 530 m
- 11 kmActive Backwoods Retreat Ski Trailsup to 500 m
- 26 kmWhitecap Mountain19 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 541 m
- 40 kmWinMan Trailsup to 540 m
- 41 kmMECCA Trailsup to 495 m
- 45 kmCopper Falls State Park Winter Trailsup to 387 m
- 48 kmPorcupine Mountains Winter Sports Complex11 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 415 m
- 70 kmMount Ashwabayup to 400 m
- 70 kmWintergreen Ski and Hiking Trailup to 489 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.