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MT. ZION SKI AREA Gogebic Community College ocated on the campus of Gogebic Community College, Mt. Zion is the oldest winter recreation complex in Big Snow Country. Owned and operated by GCC, Mt. Zion is open to the public. This complex also serves as a laboratory for the college’s nationally recognized Ski Area Management program. Mt. Zion is well known for very reasonable rates, numerous programs to teach children to ski and snowboard, and a snowtubing park. Mt. Zion has 10 slopes and trails that allow people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to ski or snowboard. There is a chairlift and a pair of tow ropes. The tubing park includes three chutes and another tow rope so you don’t have to trudge back up to the top of the hill. Quality ski and snowboard rentals are available, as is access to the snack bar. There is also a free cross country ski trail for folks to use.
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In addition to group rates, GCC students are allowed to ski or snowboard for free, as are senior citizens 62 years and older. Students in the SAM program run the facility, learning snowmaking and grooming as part of maintaining the hill. The SAM program also manages the ski hill at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The SAM program provides technical and academic study, as well as internships at major ski resorts in the Midwest and others throughout the country. SAM students earn credits through onsite training classes such as ski area layout, snowmaking fundamentals, emergency response, slope grooming and classroom courses, such as business. Graduates of the SAM program may choose to pursue a bachelor’s degree in ski area business management through an agreement with Northern Michigan University in Marquette. For more information, visit gogebic.edu.
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