Lutsen, Minnesota · United States · ski area
Lutsen Mountains ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Lutsen Mountains is a ski area in Lutsen, Minnesota, United States with 27 km of mapped downhill runs and 8 lifts, between 276 m and 511 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 27 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Top elevation
- 511 m
- Vertical drop
- 235 m
- Nearest airport
- YQT · 131 km
Slopes by difficulty
76 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap, 17 km with snowmaking. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 1 Gondolas
- 1 Magic carpets
Lutsen Mountains is a ski area in Lutsen, Minnesota, the United States. Its 76 mapped downhill runs add up to 27 km, which ranks it #110 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 360 m long.
Slopes at Lutsen Mountains
About 6% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 74% intermediate and 21% advanced or expert, which makes Lutsen Mountains a balanced resort for intermediate skiers. 16.8 km (61%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 8 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 1 gondola, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 276 m up to 511 m, a vertical drop of 235 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Lutsen Mountains
The nearest airport is Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT), about 131 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 50 min by car; Duluth International Airport (DLH) is 144 km away. Nearby ski areas include Massie - Hall Ski Trails, Sugarbush Trail System, Deer Yard Ski Trails and Cascade River State Park.
Nearest airports to Lutsen Mountains
- 1 YQT131 kmstraight line
- 2 DLH144 kmstraight line
- 3 HIB162 kmstraight line
- 4 CMX176 kmstraight line
Thunder Bay, CanadaNearby
Ski resorts near Lutsen Mountains
- 7 kmMassie - Hall Ski Trailsup to 366 m
- 9 kmSugarbush Trail Systemup to 505 m
- 13 kmDeer Yard Ski Trailsup to 572 m
- 15 kmCascade River State Parkup to 475 m
- 24 kmBally Creek Ski Trailsup to 511 m
- 33 kmPincushion Mountain Ski Areaup to 425 m
- 36 kmGeorge Washington Memorial Pinesup to 506 m
- 43 kmBanadad Ski Trailsup to 621 m
- 47 kmWolf Ridge Environmental Learning Centerup to 384 m
- 48 kmUpper Gunflint Ski Trailsup to 593 m
- 49 kmCentral Gunflint Ski Trailsup to 594 m
- 53 kmTettegouche State Parkup to 483 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.