Glen Arbor, Michigan · United States · ski area
The Homestead ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
The Homestead is a ski area in Glen Arbor, Michigan, United States with 2.8 km of mapped downhill runs and 4 lifts, between 213 m and 274 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 2.8 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Top elevation
- 274 m
- Vertical drop
- 61 m
- Nearest airport
- TVC · 36 km
Slopes by difficulty
15 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
The Homestead is a ski area in Glen Arbor, Michigan, the United States. Its 15 mapped downhill runs add up to 2.8 km, which ranks it #371 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 187 m long.
Slopes at The Homestead
About 25% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 59% intermediate and 15% advanced or expert, which makes The Homestead a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 4 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 213 m up to 274 m, a vertical drop of 61 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to The Homestead
The nearest airport is Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), about 36 km away in a straight line — roughly 47 minutes by car; Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport (PLN) is 117 km away. Nearby ski areas include Hickory Hills (2.3 km), Mt. Holiday, Crystal Mountain (15.5 km) and Vasa Pathway, which together add 21 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to The Homestead
- 1 TVC36 kmstraight line
- 2 PLN117 kmstraight line
- 3 ESC126 kmstraight line
- 4 GRB178 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near The Homestead
- 29 kmHickory Hills2.3 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 299 m
- 40 kmMt. Holiday4 lifts · up to 265 m
- 44 kmCrystal Mountain16 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 344 m
- 44 kmVasa Pathwayup to 298 m
- 61 kmSummit Mountain2.9 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 299 m
- 62 kmShanty Creek ResortsSmall ski area
- 65 kmSchuss Mountain8.9 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 356 m
- 73 kmMt. McSauba1.1 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 228 m
- 77 kmMackenzie Cross-Country Trailup to 364 m
- 78 kmCaberfae Peaks6.6 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 465 m
- 82 kmMissaukee Mountain0.9 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 439 m
- 85 kmBoyne Mountain25 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 351 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.