Ski Brule

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Ski Brule is a ski area located in Stambaugh Township, Iron County, near Iron River, Michigan. [1] Ski Brule has seventeen ski runs and eleven ski lifts. [1] The trails include one double black diamond, three black diamonds, six blue squares, five green circles, and a 30-acre terrain park consisting of two trails. All lifts converge at the same general point on the hill and its runs spread out and around the mountain.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trail Map". Ski Brule. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

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