Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By BRENDA MOSELEY
news@yourdailyglobe.com
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Copper Peak has entered its “concrete era.”
The $40 million project is transforming the historic ski hill in Ironwood Township into the world’s largest man-made ski jump.
Bob Jacquart, chairman of Copper Peak’s Board of Directors, said concrete will cover the entire landing area when Barr Engineering Company, a national company with offices in Michigan and Minnesota, and ECI Inc. of Tiffin, Ohio, complete this year’s work.
Crews are also constructing walls and stairways and plan to install avalanche nets to protect the site during w...