Marquette Mountain | |
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Location | Marquette, Michigan, U.S. |
Nearest major city | Marquette: 3 miles (5 km) from downtown |
Coordinates | 46°30′29″N 87°25′12″W / 46.508°N 87.42°W |
Vertical | 457 ft (139 m) |
Top elevation | 1,257 ft (383 m) |
Base elevation | 800 ft (244 m) |
Skiable area | 169 acres (0.68 km2) |
Trails | 25 - 15% easiest - 50% more difficult - 35% most difficult |
Longest run | 1.25 miles (2.0 km) |
Lift system | 3 chairlifts, 1 tow |
Lift capacity | 5,200 / hr |
Terrain parks | 0 |
Snowfall | 117 in (300 cm) |
Snowmaking | 50% |
Night skiing | 7 nights / wk [1] |
Website | Marquette Mountain.com |
Marquette Mountain Resort is a small mountain and ski resort in Marquette, Michigan, the major city in the state's Upper Peninsula. The resort offers winter sports seasonally as well as mountain biking, volleyball, and hiking in the spring, summer, and fall.
The hill has a summit elevation of 1,257 ft (383 m) above sea level, over 300 acres and a vertical drop of 457 ft (139 m). The recipient of lake effect snow from nearby Lake Superior, Marquette Mountain Resort receives an average of 150 in (380 cm) of snowfall annually. It has three chairlifts and a rope tow and is equipped with LED lighting for night skiing. The shore of the lake's Marquette Bay is just two miles (3.2 km) to the northeast. ten miles (16 km) to the south is the extensive runway of the county's Sawyer International Airport. The resort's parking lot is adjacent to highway M-553.