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This website has been designed in
an effort to help guide you around
Caberfae Peaks. Please contact Guest
Services, through phone or e-mail, if you have questions regarding
any of the items you find while
visiting our website.
• Michigan's Highest Lift-Served Peaks
• 4 Chairlifts (1 Quad, 1
Triple, 2 Doubles)
• 2 Surface Tows
• 34 Ski Runs
• 100% Snowmaking Coverage
• Located in Michigan's
snowbelt, the Peaks averages
almost 150"
of natural snowfall annually
• 485 feet of vertical drop, more
"skiable vertical" than any other
resort in the lower peninsula
(sustained pitch)
• Longest ski run is over 3/4 of
a mile
• Largest Day Lodge in Northern
Michigan, with over 16,000 sq.
feet
• Ski In-Ski Out Lodging:
The MacKenzie Lodge offers 36 Rooms
with an outdoor heated pool &
hot tub
• Rustic R Dub's Pub
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Caberfae
Peaks was the first ski resort to
operate in the Midwest and the third
in the nation, behind Sun Valley,
Idaho (#1) and Stowe, Vermont (#2).
Caberfae has been designated a historical
site, and you will find the following
historical marker in front of the
ticket office:
"Snow
trains brought hundreds of ski
enthusiasts to the Cadillac area
to celebrate the opening of Caberfae
on January 16, 1938. Caberfae,
whose name comes from the Gaelic
word meaning "stag's head,"
was a joint project of the U.S.
Forest Service, the Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC), the Cadillac Chamber
of Commerce and local volunteers.
They cooperated to build a winter
sports facility that would provide
more than the existing snow shoe
trails to the public. The CCC
cleared ski and toboggan runs,
and built a shelter and access
roads. Skiers made five dollar
contributions and volunteers used
the money to construct the first
rope tow in 1940. By the 1950s
Caberfae had become one of the
Midwest's largest ski resorts.
Caberfae's success encouraged
further growth of Michigan's winter
sports industry."
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