Family Activities:

Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

Attraction

Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

9500 Spirit Mountain Place, Duluth, MN

This longtime Duluth ski resort has expanded steadily over the past 10 years to offer year-round recreation that includes two thrill rides and a variety of trails that draw mountain bikers, winter fat-tire bikers, hikers and cross-country skiers. If you have to pick between the rides, Timber Twister, a self-controlled alpine coaster with fantastic views of the St. Louis River Valley and distant Lake Superior edges out Timber Flyer, a quick downhill two-seater zip-line. If your family prefers a slower, longer ride, take a scenic chair lift on the 700-foot Spirit Mountain.

Other warm-weather options include a nine-hole mini-golf course and a nicely wooded 14-hole disc golf course.

For downhill skiers and snowboarders, Spirit Mountain offers one of the Midwest’s biggest terrain parks plus a 250-foot-long halfpipe and 22 ski runs (including some of Minnesota’s highest) and snow tubing runs. The park several hotels.