Lutsen Mountains

Infobox ski area
name=Lutsen Mountains

picture=Lutsen Mountains.jpg
caption=A view from the top of Upper Grizzly run on Moose Mountain, looking out over Lake Superior.
location=
nearest_city= Lutsen Township, Minnesota
lat_degrees= 47
lat_minutes= 39
lat_seconds= 50.76
lat_direction= N
long_degrees= 90
long_minutes= 42
long_seconds= 51.48
long_direction= W
top_elevation=1688 ft. [cite web|url=http://www.mountainpeaks.net/hiking_minnesota.html|title=Hiking in Minnesota - highest mountain|accessdate=2006-10-03]
base_elevation=863 ft. [cite web|url=http://www.lutsen.com/winter/mountain_info/|title=Lutsen Mountains|accessdate=2006-10-03]
skiable_area= convert|1000|acre|km2
number_trails= 90
longest_run= convert|2|mi|km
liftsystem= 9:
One gondola
Seven chairlifts
One surface lift
terrainparks=
snowfall= app. 115 inches
external_link= http://www.lutsen.com/winter/|

Lutsen Mountains is a downhill ski and snowboard area located on the North Shore region in Cook County, Minnesota, USA.

Lutsen is one of the northernmost ski areas in the United States outside of Alaska. It is located in the rugged Sawtooth Mountains, part of the Superior Highlands on the north shore of Lake Superior. Lutsen receives natural snow, at times lake effect snow from the lake at its foot, and also has snowmaking equipment. The ski season extends from November into mid-April, longer than most other resorts in the Upper Midwest.

Lutsen has four mountains, named Eagle, Ullr, Mystery, and Moose Mountains. Eagle should not be confused with Eagle Mountain, the highest point in Minnesota, which is actually in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

In 1988, Lutsen Mountains installed a German-made PHB Hall gondola to provide access between the base area and Moose Mountain. The gondola is the first, and currently the only, gondola in a mid-American ski resort.

References

External links

* [http://www.snowguide.org/ski_area/50/lutsen_mountains.htm Lutsen Mountain Ski Area Information on SnowGuide.org]