Otsego, Michigan · United States · ski area
Bittersweet ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Bittersweet is a ski area in Otsego, Michigan, United States with 4.5 km of mapped downhill runs and 10 lifts, between 214 m and 308 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 4.5 km
- Lifts
- 10
- Top elevation
- 308 m
- Vertical drop
- 94 m
- Nearest airport
- AZO · 31 km
Slopes by difficulty
15 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 3 Magic carpets
- 1 Rope tows
Bittersweet is a ski area in Otsego, Michigan, the United States. Its 15 mapped downhill runs add up to 4.5 km, which ranks it #319 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 301 m long.
Slopes at Bittersweet
About 30% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 52% intermediate and 18% advanced or expert, which makes Bittersweet a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 10 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 214 m up to 308 m, a vertical drop of 94 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Bittersweet
The nearest airport is Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), about 31 km away in a straight line — roughly 41 minutes by car; Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is 50 km away. Nearby ski areas include Timber Ridge Ski Area (4.8 km), Riley Trails, Swiss Valley Ski Lodge (2.3 km) and Pigeon Creek Park, which together add 7 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Bittersweet
- 1Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport Airports in United StatesAZO31 kmstraight line
- 2Gerald R. Ford International Airport Airports in United StatesTransfers & Meet & Greet →GRR50 kmstraight line
- 3Muskegon County Airport Airports in United StatesMKG87 kmstraight line
- 4South Bend International Airport Airports in United StatesSBN96 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Bittersweet
- 8 kmTimber Ridge Ski Area4.8 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 287 m
- 53 kmRiley Trailsup to 195 m
- 57 kmSwiss Valley Ski Lodge2.3 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 354 m
- 59 kmPigeon Creek Parkup to 198 m
- 64 kmEastmanville Farmup to 200 m
- 66 kmCannonsburg State Game Areaup to 273 m
- 69 kmCannonsburg Ski Area4.3 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 273 m
- 72 kmLove Creek County Parkup to 235 m
- 76 kmMulligan's Hollow1.0 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 231 m
- 88 kmTower MountainSmall ski area
- 88 kmMadeline Bertrand County Parkup to 212 m
- 101 kmMuskegon Luge Adventure Sports Complexup to 210 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.