Copper Peak
Ski Flying

at

Ironwood, MI

"Where Men, Women, and Eagles Soar"

The President Speaks Ski Flying Info Adventure Rides The Peak's Store Hill Climb Area Map Links

 

Activities

.Winter:
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Snowmobile Hill Climb  
January 19, 2008
Check the Hill Climb Page for details.

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Start making plans now to attend this great and exciting event!!!!!!!!
 

 

 

Summer:
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Adventure Rides:
Chair Lift Rides
Elevator Rides

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Gift Shop

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Majestic Vistas

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The Copper Facility is now closed for the summer season.

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Thanks to all who visited the ski hill this past summer.

 

 

 

 

The President Speaks

A Message from our President.

 

International Ski Flying Hill and Recreation Complex

What is ski flying? Simply stated, ski flying is BIG ski jumping. Only the best ski jumpers in the world ( about 100) can qualify to ski fly; everything else, including equipment used, is the same. Olympians compete on two size hills, small (90 meters) and large (120 meters). Copper Peak is a 170 meter hill allowing flights in excess of 600 feet, about 35 percent further than the largest Olympic hills. Hills larger than Olympic-size hills are, in the vernacular of the sport, called ski flying hills. There are five (5) ski flying hills in Europe. Copper Peak is the only ski flying facility in the Western Hemisphere. The world ski flying distance record, set in March of 2004 at Planica, Slovenia, is 758 feet (231 meters).

The superstructure (inrun) at Copper Peak, a unique architectural icon, is the largest of its kind in the world rising some twenty-six (26) stories above the crest of a 360 foot copper-bearing outcrop. (Many of the large hills utilize the side of an existing hill or mountain to gain elevation, thus their inrun heights are much smaller. However, the inrun at world famous Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Iron Mountain, Michigan is the largest ski jump in the world rising 176 feet above the top of the hill, thus allowing jumps up to 450 feet.)

Copper Peak is owned and operated by Copper Peak Inc., a 501(c)3 Michigan non-profit corporation, for "the benefit and enjoyment of the people of this area, region, and nation."

 

 

Contact:

Copper Peak, Inc.
P.O. Box 159
Ironwood, MI 49938

906-932-3500
e-mail: info@copperpeak.org

President
Charles Supercynski

Secretary
John Kusz

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