Author: Melissa Williamson

Season Passes on Sale

Season Passes for the upcoming 23-24 ski season are now available through the Michigan Tech online Techshop.

Regular Rate All Ages: $485.00 ($25.00 pre-season discount applied until opening day)
Group Rate for All Ages: $250.00 ($25.00 pre-season discount applied until opening day)

Ask your group ambassador for your groups unique code to use online.

Don’t have a group yet? Call Mont Ripley at 906-487-2340 and ask how you can get the group rate and possibly even earn a free season pass for the 2024-2025 season!

Mont Ripley Passholders experience around 100 days of skiing and riding each season. Passholders are also able to ski at several other Michigan, Wisconsin and Colorado ski areas as part of our Passholder Perks Program!

Get your pass today and join the fun this season!


Blizzard T. Husky is a Mont Ripley Season Passholder

Color Tours Continue

Mont Ripley is continuing to offer chairlift rides for fall color viewing for the next two weekends. Come see the near peak fall colors and enjoy the view overlooking Michigan Tech campus from the top of Mont Ripley.

Saturday, October 7: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 8: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Saturday, October 14: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 15: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Dates and times subject to change due to weather and colors

Buy Advance Tickets
$10 Adults
$8 Michigan Tech Student (with ID)
Children 10 and under free with an adult

CASH ONLY if paying at the lift

Proceeds from color tours benefit Mont Ripley chair lift improvement projects, Mont Ripley’s Volunteer Ski Patrol, and the new Copper Country Snowsports Club.

Fall Sunrise at Mont Ripley

Color Tours!

Mont Ripley is offering chairlift rides for fall color viewing. Come see the spectacular fall colors and enjoy the view overlooking Michigan Tech campus from the top of Mont Ripley.

Michigan Tech Support Pack Weekend
Friday, September 29: 3 pm-7 pm
Saturday, September 30: 10 am-7 pm
Sunday, October 1: 10 am-7 pm

Saturday, October 7: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 8: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Saturday, October 14: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 15: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Dates and times subject to change due to weather and colors

Buy Advance Tickets
$10 Adults
$8 Michigan Tech Student (with ID)
Children 10 and under free with an adult

CASH ONLY if paying at the lift

Proceeds from color tours benefit Mont Ripley chair lift improvement projects, Mont Ripley’s Volunteer Ski Patrol, and the new Copper Country Snowsports Club.

The view of Michigan Tech campus from the top of Mont Ripley

Color Tours Coming Soon!

Mont Ripley will once again be offering chairlift rides for fall color viewing. Come see the spectacular fall colors and overlook the Michigan Tech campus from the top of Mont Ripley.

Michigan Tech Family Weekend
Friday, September 29: 3 pm-7 pm
Saturday, September 30: 10 am-7 pm
Sunday, October 1: 10 am-7 pm

Saturday, October 7: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 8: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Saturday, October 14: 12 pm-6:30 pm
Sunday, October 15: 12 pm-6:30 pm

Dates and times subject to change due to weather and colors

Buy Advanced Tickets
$10 Adults
$8 Michigan Tech Student (with ID)
Children 10 and under free with an adult

CASH ONLY if paying at the lift

Proceeds from color tours benefit Mont Ripley chair lift improvement projects, Mont Ripley’s Volunteer Ski Patrol, and the new Copper Country Snowsports Club.

Fall view of Michigan Tech campus from the top of Mont Ripley

Thank you for a great season!

Mont Ripley wishes to thank the Michigan Tech Faculty, Staff, and Students, the Houghton and Hancock Communites, our Regional visitors and of course, our own Staff, for another amazing ski season!

Mother Nature only gave us 184″ of snow to work with, but we were able to make snow for 40 days. By using a total of 30.8 million gallons of water, we were able to have the hill open for 92 days this season. Thank you snowmakers!

Whether you visited us for the first time this year, or you’ve been a passholder for decades, we thank each of you for your continued support of Mont Ripley and look forward to providing you with more amazing skiing in the future.

Happy Spring!

Change of Season

DATE CHANGE-Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Due to the unpredictable weather that’s coming our way on Friday, we’ve opted to postpone the Annual Easter Egg Hunt until March 25th beginning at 10:00 am!

1000’s of eggs filled with candy and prizes will be hidden all over Mont Ripley.
Find the GOLDEN EGGS with even bigger prizes – including a mountain bike from Hancock Bike Shop, and a 2023-2024 Season Pass!

Lift Ticket or Tube Park Ticket required for access.
Exclusive 4 and under area with walk-up access. No ticket required.

5 Star Reviews

Thank you to the guests who left these 5 star reviews recently!

We were there today for a high school race. The hill was in great shape… we travel around to a lot of hills in the U.P., the lady who cooks at the food court [Sandy] is not only such a wonderful welcoming individual, her food quality is as a Chef! You expect to pay a whole bunch for a little food at a ski hill, but under her direction…. you get more than what you are use to expect (plus, it’s soooo good!) Great place to visit when you want to experience FULL winter when it may not be happening anywhere else…. a good bet.

-Eric B.

Rental service is awesome, staff is friendly and helpful. Food is good and the ski hill is groomed and has two lifts and a tbar.

Awesome lil place right in town.

-Michael S.

Rental Reminders

Mont Ripley rental equipment is for use AT MONT RIPLEY ONLY.

We have had several requests for daily and overnight rentals to be taken to Mount Bohemia. We are sorry that we are unable to provide that service at this time. The skis or boards necessary to ski or ride Boho need to be a much different level of advanced equipment than what we supply with our rental fleet.

All equipment, whether seasonal or daily, that is rented from Mont Ripley must be returned to the rental area at the end of the night.

Thank you for skiing and boarding at Mont Ripley, and for helping to take care of our rental equipment by returning it every night.