Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack is a ski area located in the state of Michigan in USA. The resort is in the town of Ramsay, MI.
We recently ranked all of Michigan's ski resorts, so you can see where Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack Terrain Overview
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack has a total of 26 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 126 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 51 hectares, 0.2 square miles, or 0.5 square kilometers.
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack's slopes see on average 210 inches (5.3 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 17 feet every year!
Total Runs
26
Lifts
6
Skiable Acres
126(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
210"(533 cm)
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack Elevation
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack has a summit elevation of 1,650 feet, or 503 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,185 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 465 feet (142 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,650'(503 m)
Vertical Drop
465'(142 m)
Base Elevation
1,185'(361 m)
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
42.4out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack has 126 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Beginner
20%(25 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
40%(50 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
40%(50 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack good for beginners?
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack Location
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack is located in the state of Michigan, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Ramsay, MI.
Address:
Ramsay, MI 49959 USA
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Website:
bigsnow.com
GPS Coordinates:
46.48000, -89.99000
Getting to Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack), its coordinates of 46.48000, -89.99000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Ramsay, MI to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | MSP | Minneapolis, MN | 191 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhinelander Oneida County Airport | RHI | Rhinelander, WI | 64 mi |
| Houghton County Memorial Airport | CMX | Hancock, MI | 85 mi |
| Duluth International Airport | DLH | Duluth, MN | 107 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowriver Mountain Resort - Indianhead | Wakefield, MI | 1,935 ft | 49% | 1 mi |
| Big Powderhorn | Ironwood, MI | 1,800 ft | 39% | 5 mi |
| Mt. Zion Ski Hill | Ironwood, MI | 1,400 ft | 33% | 8 mi |
| Whitecap Mountains Resort | Upson, WI | 1,750 ft | 38% | 20 mi |
| Mount Ashwabay | Bayfield, WI | 1,286 ft | 29% | 48 mi |
| Mont Ripley | Hancock, MI | 1,140 ft | 45% | 80 mi |
Snowriver Mountain Resort - Blackjack Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,650 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,185 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 465 ft |
| Trails | 26 (20% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 40% Expert) |
| Lifts | 6 |
| Skiable Acres | 126 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 210 inches |