Copper Peak

Copper Peak
Constructor(s)Lauren Larsen
LocationIronwood, Michigan, USA
OperatorGogebic Range Ski Club
Opened28 February 1970, Reopening October 2024
Renovated2023
Expanded1980, 1988, 2023
Closed1994
Size
K–point145 m
Hill size469 ft
Longest jump
(unofficial / fall)
159 metres (522 ft)
Austria Werner Schuster
(25 February 1989)
Hill record158 m (518 ft)
Austria Matthias Wallner
Austria Werner Schuster
(22, 23 January 1994)

Copper Peak is a ski flying hill designed by Lauren Larsen and located in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. It was built in 1969 and inaugurated one year later.[1][2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973[3] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971.[2] The site is currently used as a summer tourist attraction.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Bad postcards: Copper Peak operators promise their ski flying hill is more impressive than card depicts". The Grand Rapids Press. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b Staff (2009). "Copper Peak / Chippewa Hill Peak". Historic Sites Online. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference duluth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Copper Peak Ski Flying Jump". National Geographic Traveler. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2014.