Granite Peak

Since 2000 the company has been providing Ski Lodge.

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Restaurant, snowmaking equipment, gift shop, equipment rental, ski school, snowboarding facilities, cross-country trails. Lodging nearby. Ticket and lodging packages available.

The Scene
Besides being located smack in the middle of Wisconsin, Granite Peak (formerly Rib Mountain) sits on a one-billion-year-old geographical formation. Towering 700 feet over the...

A mountain rising 700 feet, collecting more than its share of natural snow, and facing north to foster early snowfalls and e...xcellent late season snow. Nature’s bounty is augmented by 500 snowguns, assuring plentiful snow from November through April. A total of 74 runs are spread over the face of this 700 foot mountain. There are acres of wide-open beginner runs. Mile-long intermediate...

Granite Peak Ski Area is located in Wausau, Wis., which has been a ski town since 1937. It offers ideal beginner terrain in the United States, and three lifts for learning skiers and boarders. Programs offered include teddy bears for ages 3-to-8, and the mountaineers program for ages 9-to-12. Its rental store offers a variety of gear, such as Salomon and Rossignol skis and snowboards. Skis...

An Extraordinary PlaceThe formation of Rib Mountain began 2 billion years ago with the violent fusion through intense heat of sand into a single chunk of quartzite. Since then, the surrounding plains have slowly eroded away while the incredibly hard quartzite, resisting this erosion, remained and rose higher and higher over the surrounding area. Today, Rib Mountain, called a "monadnock" by...