With 43 downhill runs, we have plenty of skiing for everybody at every skill level. With the long lines at airport security and expensive airline prices, our affordable packages make skiing or snow-boarding The Whitecap Mountains a real bargain! Many people feel that before heading west to ski the Rockies The Whitecap Mountains are the only place in the Midwest where you can really train yourself well. They compliment our intermediate runs as being "more interesting" and "more fun" than at your typical Midwestern ski areas. Expert skiers are even impressed with the quality of our easier terrain. None of this turning green halfway down the mountain. Yet when you ski a Whitecap double diamond trail, you are challenged from top to bottom. It's true that some resorts may boast a higher vertical. Spread over these sprawling mountains you will discover 43 fun ski trails. They're part of the ancient Penokee Range. Whitecap, Thunderhead and Eagles Nest Mountains make up The Whitecap Mountains Ski Resort. You don't just go up and down the same side of one hill all day. Yes, mountains! This is not your typical Midwest ski hill. We also make snow on our more challenging runs when Mother Nature doesn't cooperate. We're on the western side of the Lake Superior Snow Belt with breathtaking mountaintop views of the big lake and the Apostle Islands more than 1,000 feet below. Start with the snow! More than 200 inches of pure, natural snow falls upon The Whitecap Mountains on average each year. Travel 3 1/2 miles on County Road E into the resort. Follow Hurley's main street west (where 77 begins) for approximately 8 miles until you see the Whitecap Mountains/Skye Golf turn-off immediately past the town of Iron Belt. The Whitecap Mountains are located 20 minutes west of Hurley/Ironwood off HWY 77. Discover real mountain skiing on 43 trails spread over 3 peaks.
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