First Day of Winter

When winter is ushered in, snowmobiler’s find a network of over 120 miles of trails tracing the county’s interior, with access to the rest of the UP and into Wisconsin. Pine Mountain Resort offer early season skiing with their snowmaking abilities. There are many groomed cross-country skiing areas as well, along with lit trails in Iron Mountains City Park.

Other winter activities include ice fishing, snowshoe, ice skating and even horse drawn sleigh rides. Winter events include, ice fishing tournaments, and snowmobile and ATV “ice” races. Continental Cup Ski Jump competition at Giant Pine Mountain’s 123.5-meter jump attracts some of the world’s best athletes for the longest running international ski jumping competition in North America.