Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Expert
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Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
Season not stated · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Duluth International (DLH) 1 h 46 min · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International (MSP) 4 h 7 min
Photos
No photographs of Lutsen Mountains that we may republish yet.More photos· Google Images
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
Ikon (7 days)Ikon (7 days)
Rankings
15 — #41 beginner runs15 — #41 beginner runs, #43 trails in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#248 of 341 U.S. · #2 in Minnesota
- Highest lift-served elevation#279 of 471 U.S. · #2 in Minnesota
- Base elevation#249 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Minnesota
- Advertised vertical drop#201 of 388 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Lift-served vertical#179 of 304 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Skiable acres#104 of 316 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Named trails#43 of 347 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Longest run#61 of 177 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Advanced + expert terrain#79 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Beginner runs#41 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Total lifts#151 of 479 U.S. · #8 in Minnesota
- Average annual snowfall#184 of 252 U.S. · #1 in Minnesota
- Drive from the fly-in airport#461 of 504 U.S. · #20 in Minnesota
- Drive from nearest major airport#454 of 504 U.S. · #20 in Minnesota
- Drive from closest airline airport#454 of 506 U.S. · #21 in Minnesota