Copper Peak is a ski flying hill designed by Lauren Larsen and located near Ironwood, Michigan, United States.
[2] It all started in 1968 when a delegation from Gogebic Range Ski Club from Ironwood, Michigan came to visit civil/structural engineer Lauren Larsen in Duluth, Minnesota.
Built in 1970, Copper Peak remains the only ski flying facility in the Western Hemisphere.
[7] The hill record is 158 meters (518 ft), set by Matthias Wallner and Werner Schuster (both Austria) on 22 and 23 January 1994, respectively.
[6] On 14 July 2015 International Ski Federation announced "Copper Peak shall be reactivated" after an inspection of the facility by FIS Race Director Walter Hofer and Hans-Martin Renn who is the chairman of the FIS subcommittee for ski jumping hills.
An 1845 tunnel and several copper excavation pits are visible on the hill, and are not affected by the construction of the ski-slide.