Porcupine Plunge at Porcupine Mountains Winter Sports Complex
Expert · 813 m long with 164 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.
20°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
813 mlength
164 mvertical
415 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Porcupine Plunge is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Porcupine Plunge
Lifts that reach the top: unnamed rope tow (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 10 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride unnamed chair lift
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride unnamed rope tow
- Ski Sunset (easy)
- Ski Porcupine Plunge (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Sunset, Copper Run, Porcupine Glades. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed chair lift (1 min).
See Porcupine Plunge on the 3D mapAll runs at Porcupine Mountains Winter Sports ComplexMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.