Franklin, Michigan · United States · ski area
Mont Ripley Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mont Ripley Ski Area is a ski area in Franklin, Michigan, United States with 5.2 km of mapped downhill runs and 4 lifts, between 198 m and 329 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 5.2 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Top elevation
- 329 m
- Vertical drop
- 131 m
- Nearest airport
- CMX · 6.9 km
Slopes by difficulty
25 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap, 5.0 km with snowmaking. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 2 Chairlifts
- 1 T-bars
- 1 Rope tows
Mont Ripley Ski Area is a ski area in Franklin, Michigan, the United States. Its 25 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.2 km, which ranks it #301 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 208 m long.
Slopes at Mont Ripley Ski Area
About 29% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 55% intermediate and 17% advanced or expert, which makes Mont Ripley Ski Area a balanced resort for intermediate skiers. 5.0 km (95%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 4 lifts: 2 chairlifts, 1 t-bar, 1 rope tow. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 198 m up to 329 m, a vertical drop of 131 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Mont Ripley Ski Area
The nearest airport is Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX), about 7 km away in a straight line — roughly 9 minutes by car; Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport (MQT) is 124 km away. Nearby ski areas include Upper Trails, Competition Trails, Tolkien Trails and Lower Trails, which together add 9 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mont Ripley Ski Area
- 1 CMX6.9 kmstraight line
- 2 MQT124 kmstraight line
- 3 YQT149 kmstraight line
- 4 IMT150 kmstraight line
Thunder Bay, CanadaNearby
Ski resorts near Mont Ripley Ski Area
- 3 kmUpper Trailsup to 296 m
- 3 kmCompetition Trailsup to 276 m
- 3 kmTolkien Trailsup to 298 m
- 4 kmLower Trailsup to 219 m
- 4 kmNara Trailsup to 205 m
- 50 kmMount Bohemia9.2 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 442 m
- 54 kmVoodoo MountainSmall ski area
- 57 kmAdventure Mountain1 lift · up to 411 m
- 65 kmCovington Ski Hill1 lift · up to 510 m
- 90 kmPorcupine Mountains Winter Sports Complex11 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 415 m
- 97 kmAl Quaalup to 481 m
- 98 kmStoneville HillSmall ski area
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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.