The resort offers winter sports seasonally as well as mountain biking, volleyball, and hiking in the spring, summer, and fall.

ten miles (16 km) to the south is the extensive runway of the county's Sawyer International Airport.

[2][3][4] It was originally known as Cliffs Ridge, as it operated on land leased from the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

[5] The first chairlift, a Riblet double, was installed on the skier's right side of Rocket Run in the fall of 1972.

[citation needed] The National Ski Hall of Fame is in Ishpeming, about twelve miles (19 km) west of Marquette.