Ironwood, Michigan · United States · ski area
Mount Zion Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mount Zion Ski Area is a ski area in Ironwood, Michigan, United States with 3.4 km of mapped downhill runs and 4 lifts, between 435 m and 524 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 3.4 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Top elevation
- 524 m
- Vertical drop
- 89 m
- Nearest airport
- RHI · 108 km
Slopes by difficulty
14 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 2 Rope tows
- 1 Drag lifts
- 1 Chairlifts
Mount Zion Ski Area is a ski area in Ironwood, Michigan, the United States. Its 14 mapped downhill runs add up to 3.4 km, which ranks it #352 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 241 m long.
Slopes at Mount Zion Ski Area
About 40% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 22% intermediate and 31% advanced or expert, which makes Mount Zion Ski Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 4 lifts: 2 rope tows, 1 drag lift, 1 chairlift. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 435 m up to 524 m, a vertical drop of 89 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Mount Zion Ski Area
The nearest airport is Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI), about 108 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 21 min by car; Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) is 149 km away. Nearby ski areas include Wolverine Ski Trails, Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort (13.5 km), Active Backwoods Retreat Ski Trails and Black River Basin (10.5 km), which together add 58 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mount Zion Ski Area
- 1 RHI108 kmstraight line
- 2 CMX149 kmstraight line
- 3 DLH161 kmstraight line
- 4 IMT174 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Mount Zion Ski Area
- 5 kmWolverine Ski Trailsup to 538 m
- 7 kmBig Powderhorn Mountain Resort13 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 497 m
- 7 kmActive Backwoods Retreat Ski Trailsup to 500 m
- 13 kmBlack River Basin10 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 493 m
- 15 kmJackson Creek Summit15 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 530 m
- 20 kmWhitecap Mountain19 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 541 m
- 38 kmMECCA Trailsup to 495 m
- 39 kmCopper Falls State Park Winter Trailsup to 387 m
- 39 kmWinMan Trailsup to 540 m
- 54 kmPorcupine Mountains Winter Sports Complex11 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 415 m
- 66 kmWintergreen Ski and Hiking Trailup to 489 m
- 66 kmMount Ashwabayup to 400 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.