Granite Peak Ski Area, Rib Mountain State Park

Name: Granite Peak Ski Area
Address: 3605 N Mountain Rd, Rib Mountain State Park, 54401, United States

#1 among attractions in Rib Mountain State Park

Winter sport, Chairlift, Ski area

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Granite Peak Ski Resort is a ski area located in Rib Mountain State Park in the Town of Rib Mountain, Marathon County, Wisconsin, south of Wausau. It features 74 runs and 6 terrain parks as of 2011 and boasts a vertical drop of 700 feet. Granite Peak is the third tallest ski area in the Midwest, after Mount Bohemia in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Lutsen Mountain on Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior. It is ten miles north-northeast of Central Wisconsin Airport. ()

Base elevation: 1250 ftTop elevation: 1950 ftCoordinates: 44°55'43"N, 89°40'57"W

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3605 N Mountain RdRib Mountain State Park 54401 United States

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Day trips

Granite Peak Ski Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Rib Mountain, Grand Theater, Marathon County Historical Museum.

4.1 miNE
Museum, Art museum
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau
106 min walk • The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is best known for its annual "Birds in Art" exhibition, which exhibits contemporary artistic representations of birds.
0.7 miS
Park
Rib Mountain, Rib Mountain State Park
19 min walk • Rib Mountain, also known as Rib Hill, is a glacially-eroded monadnock in central Wisconsin, located in the Town of Rib Mountain in Marathon County. Composed of quartzite covered with a softer syenite sheath, it was intruded about 1.5 billion years ago.
3.5 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Grand Theater, Wausau
90 min walk • The Grand Theater is a historic theater and performing arts center in Wausau, Wisconsin, offering a variety of musical and artistic performances. The Grand Theater traces its origins back to the Grand Opera House, which was originally built on the same location in 1899.
3.7 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Marathon County Historical Museum, Wausau
94 min walk • The Marathon County Historical Museum is museum located in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located in the Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey House, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The house is a significant example of Classical Revival architecture.
4.2 miNE
Park, Arenas and stadiums
Athletic Park, Wausau
107 min walk • Athletic Park is a baseball stadium located in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is the home field of the Wausau Woodchucks baseball team of the summer collegiate Northwoods League. It hosted Wausau Minor League teams during 36 seasons between 1936-1990.
2.8 miNE
Universities and schools
UW-Marathon County, Wausau
71 min walk • The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Wausau, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. It is located near downtown Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, and adjacent to 78-acre Marathon Park.
3.3 miNE
Library
Marathon County Public Library, Wausau
85 min walk • The Marathon County Public Library is a consolidated county library with nine locations in Marathon County, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Its headquarters are in Wausau. The library has its origins in the Wausau Free Public Library, which was founded in April 1907.
2.2 miE
44°56'19"N • 89°38'22"W
Water Walkers - The Central WI Water Ski Show Team, Wausau
57 min walk • Concerts and shows, Watersports, Water ski
4 miNE
Colonial revival architecture
C. H. Wegner House, Wausau
101 min walk • The C. H. Wegner House is located in Wausau, Wisconsin.
3.4 miNE
Tower
Dudley Tower, Wausau
87 min walk • Dudley Tower, also known as First Wausau Tower, is a high-rise building located in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin. Sitting on the shore of the Wisconsin River, it is the prominent building in the Wausau city skyline.
3.3 miNE
Library
Wisconsin Valley Library Service, Wausau
85 min walk • The Wisconsin Valley Library Service is a library system made up of 25 public libraries and hundreds of non-public libraries across seven counties in north-central Wisconsin.