Wakefield, Michigan · United States · ski area
Jackson Creek Summit ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Jackson Creek Summit is a ski area in Wakefield, Michigan, United States with 15 km of mapped downhill runs and 6 lifts, between 367 m and 530 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 15 km
- Lifts
- 6
- Top elevation
- 530 m
- Vertical drop
- 163 m
- Nearest airport
- RHI · 105 km
Slopes by difficulty
32 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 1 T-bars
- 1 Button lifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Jackson Creek Summit is a ski area in Wakefield, Michigan, the United States. Its 32 mapped downhill runs add up to 15 km, which ranks it #180 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 466 m long.
Slopes at Jackson Creek Summit
About 23% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 30% intermediate and 47% advanced or expert, which makes Jackson Creek Summit best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 6 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 1 t-bar, 1 button lift, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 367 m up to 530 m, a vertical drop of 163 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Jackson Creek Summit
The nearest airport is Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI), about 105 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 16 min by car; Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) is 135 km away. Nearby ski areas include Black River Basin (10.5 km), Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort (13.5 km), Wolverine Ski Trails and Mount Zion Ski Area (3.4 km), which together add 46 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Jackson Creek Summit
- 1 RHI105 kmstraight line
- 2 CMX135 kmstraight line
- 3 IMT162 kmstraight line
- 4 DLH174 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Jackson Creek Summit
- 2 kmBlack River Basin10 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 493 m
- 9 kmBig Powderhorn Mountain Resort13 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 497 m
- 10 kmWolverine Ski Trailsup to 538 m
- 15 kmMount Zion Ski Area3.4 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 524 m
- 17 kmActive Backwoods Retreat Ski Trailsup to 500 m
- 35 kmWhitecap Mountain19 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 541 m
- 36 kmWinMan Trailsup to 540 m
- 41 kmMECCA Trailsup to 495 m
- 42 kmPorcupine Mountains Winter Sports Complex11 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 415 m
- 54 kmCopper Falls State Park Winter Trailsup to 387 m
- 71 kmMadeline Lake Trail Systemup to 503 m
- 73 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.