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Nubs Nob Ski Resort

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Nub's Nob Ski Area is a popular ski destination located in northern Michigan, near the town of Harbor Springs. The resort is located approximately 1.5 hours from the city of Traverse City and 3 hours from Grand Rapids, making it an easy day trip or weekend getaway for skiers and snowboarders in the region.

Nub's Nob is known for its relatively high annual snowfall for the Eastern US, averaging around 150 inches per season, and the snow at the resort is typically wet and heavy, making for challenging but rewarding skiing and snowboarding conditions. The ski season at Nub's Nob typically runs from mid-December to late March. While Nub's Knob has great skiing and snowboarding, the ski area does not have onsite lodging or restaurant options.

We recently ranked all of Michigan's ski resorts, so you can see where Nubs Nob stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Nubs Nob 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 with with Nubs Nob Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Nubs Nob's website.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Nubs Nob around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Nubs Nob Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Nubs Nob has a total of 53 ski trails, which are serviced by 11 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Nubs Nob is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 248 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 100 hectares, 0.4 square miles, or 1.0 square kilometers.

Nubs Nob's slopes see on average 130 inches (4.0 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 10 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
53
Ski Lift
Lifts
11
Skier
Skiable Acres
248(1 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
130"(3,962 cm)

Nubs Nob Ski Resort Elevation

Nubs Nob Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 1,338 feet, or 408 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 911 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 427 feet (130 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Nubs Nob has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
1,338'(408 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
427'(130 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
911'(278 m)

Nubs Nob Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
30out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Nubs Nob is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area. It is in fact one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. This is due to it having 31% of its trails are rated as "beginner", and a vertical drop of only 427 feet.

 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

Nubs Nob has 248 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Since Nubs Nob is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 31% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 48% trails are rated as intermediate.
Green Circle
Beginner
31%(77 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.

Blue Square
Intermediate
48%(119 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%.

Black Diamond
Expert
21%(52 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 Nubs Nob Ski Resort good for beginners?

Nubs Nob is a very beginner-friendly course. In fact, it is one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. 31% of its trails are rated as "beginner".

Nubs Nob Ski Resort Location

Nubs Nob Ski Resort is located in the state of Michigan, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Harbor Springs, MI.

Address:
Harbor Springs, MI 49740 USA
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Website:
nubsnob.com

GPS Coordinates:
45.47000, -84.91000

Getting to Nubs Nob Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Nubs Nob Ski Resort), its coordinates of 45.47000, -84.91000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Harbor Springs, 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 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 Nubs Nob.

NameCodeCityDistance
Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County AirportPLNPellston, MI9 mi
Chippewa County International AirportCIUSault Ste Marie, MI58 mi
Cherry Capital AirportTVCTraverse City, MI60 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Nubs Nob Ski Resort, 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 Nubs Nob Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Petoskey Sports ParkPetoskey, MI791 ft0%8 mi
Boyne MountainBoyne Falls, MI1,120 ft27%21 mi
Timber RidgeGobles, MI941 ft23%29 mi
Alpine ValleyElmira, MI1,210 ft32%35 mi
TreetopsGaylord, MI1,345 ft28%35 mi
Schuss Mountian at Shanty CreekBellaire, MI1,125 ft35%40 mi
Hanson HillsGrayling, MI1,362 ft15%58 mi
Mt. HolidayTraverse City, MI440 ft34%58 mi
Crystal MountainThompsonville, MI1,132 ft33%85 mi
Caberfae PeaksBoon, MI1,545 ft35%86 mi
Ski BruleBoon, MI1,861 ft37%86 mi
Snow SnakeHarrison, MI1,230 ft28%86 mi
Swiss ValleyJones, MI1,200 ft30%86 mi
Searchmont ResortSearchmont, ON1,601 ft35%99 mi

Nubs Nob Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation1,338 ft
Base Elevation911 ft
Vertical Drop427 ft
Trails53
(31% Beginner,  48% Intermediate,  21% Expert)
Lifts11
Skiable Acres248
Avg. Annual Snowfall130 inches
Nubs Nob Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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