Mt. Brighton
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Mt. Brighton is a ski and snowboard area in Brighton
, Michigan
that opened in 1960. As no hills large enough for commercial skiing or snowboarding exist naturally in Brighton, Mt. Brighton's slopes are man-made and reach a maximum height of 250 vertical feet. Mt. Brighton has six chair lifts, one handle-lift and ten tow-rope surface lifts. Silver is the longest of the 26 runs, reaching 1350 feet. A terrain park, featuring rails, boxes, and jumps, is available to freestyle skiers and snowboarders. Almost all of the snow on Mt. Brighton is created artificially using water stored in an on-site reservoir and industry standard snowmaking
equipment.
(American Association of Snowboard Instructors) or PSIA
(Professional Ski Instructors of America) certified. "Ski and Snowboard Club" is a popular activity for suburban and metro Detroit elementary and high school students who want to learn to ski or snowboard, and Mt. Brighton provides lessons to many of these groups. National Ski Patrol
certified staff and volunteers provide education and training in leadership, outdoor emergency care, safety and transportation services.
NASTAR
(NAtional STAndard Race) racing is available to the public, Saturdays and Sundays, allowing racers to compare their race results to other NASTAR competitors. There are additional events held throughout the season, including an annual Bikini Race, "Slush Cup", "Fun Days", and a bi-weekly "Friday Night Flights" Big Air or Rail Jam.
designed the par 71 course with four sets of tees ranging in yardage from 6,655 to 4,826.
." The movie was filmed on location at Mt. Brighton and also in Aspen
, Colorado. The main character, T.J. Burke (played by Paul Gross), walks onto Mt. Brighton in late Fall at the start of the movie. Burke hikes up the Black run to the top of the Red, Black and Silver chairlifts where Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg) is welding a two-person chair that belonged to the Blue chairlift. The Blue, Green and Yellow chairlifts are on the second peak at Mt. Brighton, which is clearly visible in the background. Throughout the movie, Rutecki wears an orange hat created for the movie, but is mistakenly believed to be the official hat of the Mt. Brighton maintenance department employees. The movie indicates that Mt. Brighton was built on top of an existing land fill, which is somewhat misleading. Mt. Brighton was created with excess road debris
from the construction of Interstate 96 and US 23, which could also be considered land fill, not with garbage.
The owners of Mt. Brighton are the Bruhn family, who also manage the golf course during the summer.
Brighton, Michigan
Brighton is a principal satellite city of Metro Detroit located in the southeast portion of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,444. Brighton forms part of the South Lyon-Howell-Brighton Urban Area...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
that opened in 1960. As no hills large enough for commercial skiing or snowboarding exist naturally in Brighton, Mt. Brighton's slopes are man-made and reach a maximum height of 250 vertical feet. Mt. Brighton has six chair lifts, one handle-lift and ten tow-rope surface lifts. Silver is the longest of the 26 runs, reaching 1350 feet. A terrain park, featuring rails, boxes, and jumps, is available to freestyle skiers and snowboarders. Almost all of the snow on Mt. Brighton is created artificially using water stored in an on-site reservoir and industry standard snowmaking
Snowmaking
Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun" or "snow cannon", on ski slopes. Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This allows ski resorts to improve the reliability of their snow cover and to extend their ski...
equipment.
Groups and clubs
Mt. Brighton's Snowsports Academy offers ski and snowboard lessons to both groups and individuals, and offers specialized programs for children (skiing and snowboarding) as well as ski racing. The Snowsports Staff is made up of highly trained instructors - many of whom are AASIProfessional Ski Instructors of America
The Professional Ski Instructors of America is an organization offering training and certification for U.S. Ski Instructors, and trains the bulk of U.S ski instructors...
(American Association of Snowboard Instructors) or PSIA
Professional Ski Instructors of America
The Professional Ski Instructors of America is an organization offering training and certification for U.S. Ski Instructors, and trains the bulk of U.S ski instructors...
(Professional Ski Instructors of America) certified. "Ski and Snowboard Club" is a popular activity for suburban and metro Detroit elementary and high school students who want to learn to ski or snowboard, and Mt. Brighton provides lessons to many of these groups. National Ski Patrol
National ski patrol
The National Ski Patrol is the largest winter rescue organization in the world. It was founded in 1938 by Charles Minot Dole, at the urging of Roger Langley...
certified staff and volunteers provide education and training in leadership, outdoor emergency care, safety and transportation services.
NASTAR
NASTAR
NASTAR is the world's largest known recreational ski and snowboard race program. It allows ski or snowboard racers of all ages and abilities, through a handicap system, a way to compare themselves with one another and with the national champion, regardless of when and where they race...
(NAtional STAndard Race) racing is available to the public, Saturdays and Sundays, allowing racers to compare their race results to other NASTAR competitors. There are additional events held throughout the season, including an annual Bikini Race, "Slush Cup", "Fun Days", and a bi-weekly "Friday Night Flights" Big Air or Rail Jam.
The Jackal Golf Course
The Jackal is an 18-hole golf course that was added to Mt. Brighton in 2001. Bruce MatthewsW. Bruce Matthews III
W. Bruce Matthews III is a third generation member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects whose #1 objective in design, according to Michigan Golf 2007 , is:...
designed the par 71 course with four sets of tees ranging in yardage from 6,655 to 4,826.
Aspen Extreme
Mt. Brighton made a national appearance in the 1993 feature-length film, "Aspen ExtremeAspen Extreme
Aspen Extreme is a 1993 film about two ski buddies, TJ Burke and Dexter Rutecki , who move from Brighton, Michigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship...
." The movie was filmed on location at Mt. Brighton and also in Aspen
Aspen, Colorado
The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005...
, Colorado. The main character, T.J. Burke (played by Paul Gross), walks onto Mt. Brighton in late Fall at the start of the movie. Burke hikes up the Black run to the top of the Red, Black and Silver chairlifts where Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg) is welding a two-person chair that belonged to the Blue chairlift. The Blue, Green and Yellow chairlifts are on the second peak at Mt. Brighton, which is clearly visible in the background. Throughout the movie, Rutecki wears an orange hat created for the movie, but is mistakenly believed to be the official hat of the Mt. Brighton maintenance department employees. The movie indicates that Mt. Brighton was built on top of an existing land fill, which is somewhat misleading. Mt. Brighton was created with excess road debris
Road debris
Road debris, a form of road hazard, is debris on or off a road. Road debris includes substances, materials, and objects that are foreign to the normal roadway environment...
from the construction of Interstate 96 and US 23, which could also be considered land fill, not with garbage.
The owners of Mt. Brighton are the Bruhn family, who also manage the golf course during the summer.