Mount Bohemia is the 5th highest point in the Keweenaw Peninsula and the 52nd highest prominent peak in Michigan with an elevation of .
![Entrance sign to Mount Bohemia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Entrance_sign_to_Mount_Bohemia.jpg)
![Mount Bohemia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Mount_Bohemia.JPG)
Mount Bohemia is host to a
ski resort
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bearing the same name located at the northernmost portion of the
Keweenaw Peninsula in Mohawk, Michigan. Mount Bohemia operates two chairlifts, and offers the 2nd highest vertical drop in the Midwest behind
Terry Peak in the
Black Hills
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of
South Dakota
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, and ahead of
Lutsen Mountains, located in the
Sawtooth Mountains of northern
Minnesota
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. The resort has 95 runs and first opened for business in 2000.
Mount Bohemia does not operate any snow making equipment and relies on its year average of
lake effect snow
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, the most seen at any resort in the Midwest.
Because runs are not groomed, Mount Bohemia is not an appropriate resort for beginners. It offers only single and double black diamond level runs (no green beginner or blue intermediate trails).
Mount Bohemia also offers the only Cat skiing experience in the midwest at Voodoo Mountain.
References
Official Website of resort* https://web.archive.org/web/20120130021316/http://www.michiganskier.com/Ski-Resort-Guide.html
* http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/106761868.html
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Tourist attractions in Keweenaw County, Michigan
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