Big Powderhorn Mountain
Michigan UP ski area near Bessemer with 45 trails, 10 lifts, and an even split of beginner-to-advanced terrain.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Big Powderhorn Mountain's heaviest snowfall lands in December; the snowpack peaks in February.
- Snowfall
- peaks Dec
- Snowpack
- peaks Feb
- Typical season
- Nov – Apr
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Big Powderhorn sits in Michigan's Upper Peninsula near Bessemer, in the Gogebic Range country just south of Lake Superior. This is low, forested terrain in a cold continental interior, where lake-effect weather drives much of the winter snow.
Getting there
Fly into Houghton (CMX), about 2 hours from the resort by road.
- Houghton (CMX)2 hoursDirections
- Minneapolis (MSP)5 hoursDirections
- Duluth (DLH)2.5 hoursDirections
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