Norway Mountain Is Reopening
A ski area in Michigan’s UP Norway Mountain, which has been closed since 2017, is scheduled to reopen this year much to the delight of those in the area.
"The hype around town is just crazy. We are ready to bring it back,” new owner Justin Hoppe recently told the Iron Mountain Daily News. “It's going to a busy and a big rush to get everything going again for the coming season. We can't wait to see it operating again.”
It's been a longtime dream of the Hoppes.
“It was one of those dreams in the back of my head to own a ski resort someday. One day I heard on a podcast that Norway Mountain was available and we got the ball rolling,” he added.
They live in Grand Rapids, but also own a cabin in Naubinway, which is nearby to the ski area. They plan on being in Norway nearly full time as the ski season nears. He owned a landscaping company that he started when he was just 14 years old. That business was recently sold so they can concentrate full time on the ski area.
Hoppe wants it to be known as a family ski area.
“We want it be family oriented, not a place where it costs a family a ton of money to ski. We want to make sure they can have fun and ski at an affordable price. Skiing has become so expensive.”
A day pass will be $69 for adults and $49 for children and seniors. Ages 8 and younger and those 75 and older will be able to ski for free. Season passes are currently $389 for adults and $349 for children and seniors. A family pass for two adults and two kids in the same household is $969.
Norway Mountain offers 17 trails, a vertical drop of 500 feet, 186 acres of skiable terrain, and three chairlifts and three surface tows. It also includes and updated snowmaking system and several new snowguns.
