Generally, large amounts of natural snow and slopes with a gradient higher than 30 degrees are the two key ingredients required to create an avalanche ... Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort, Michigan—a ...

No one was hurt in the avalanche. Big Powderhorn has gotten 32” of total snowfall this season. The ski area is located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It has 600’ of vertical drop.

There are so many top-notch places to hit the slopes in Michigan ... a ski-bike that blends the stability of a bike frame with your skis as the "wheels." Open on weekends is the Avalanche Bay ...

HANCOCK, MI – The oldest ski hill in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will open its slopes for the season this weekend. Mont Ripley Ski Area will open its canal-side runs on Friday, Dec. 13 ...

There have been 243 avalanche fatalities in the U.S. since the winter of 2013-2014, “with the vast majority occurring in the backcountry” and only seven reported inbounds at ski areas ...

Generally, large amounts of natural snow and slopes with a gradient higher than 30 degrees are the two key ingredients required to create an avalanche ... Michigan—a small, 235-acre ski area ...