Granite Peak Ski Area
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| Granite Peak Ski Resort | |
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| Nearest city: | Wausau, WI |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Top elevation: | 1950 ft. |
| Base elevation: | 1250 ft. |
| Runs: | 74 |
| Lift system: | 8 total (1 high-speed six chair, 3 triple chairs, 2 double chairs, 1 handle tow, 1 magic carpet) |
| Terrain parks: | 2 |
| Snowmaking: | 100% |
| Night skiing: | 73% |
| Web site: | Official site |
Granite Peak Ski Resort is located just south of Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, features 74 snow runs as of 2006 and boosts 700 vertical feet (largest in state). It is ten miles north-northeast of Central Wisconsin Airport.
When the ski area opened on the slopes of Rib Mountain 1937, it was one of the first ski areas in North America. Stowe in Vermont had opened a few years earlier in 1934. Sun Valley in Idaho had become the nation's first ski area in the western states in 1936.
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