LUTSEN - The pilots leaned out each side window of the twin-engine Sikorsky S-61 helicopter watching the 8,000-pound hunk of metal swing below. It took about 30 seconds to set the tower, which by ...

LUTSEN, Minn. — The pilots leaned out each side window of the twin-engine Sikorsky S-61 helicopter watching the 8,000-pound hunk of metal swing below. It took about 30 seconds to set the tower, which ...

Lutsen Mountains ski area on the North Shore is set to open for skiing on Thanksgiving Day - though skiers and snowboarders will need to wait just a bit longer to start using Lutsen’s new gondola. The ...

DULUTH - The ownership of Lutsen Mountains on Tuesday laid out some ambitious plans to upgrade and more than double its ski operations in the coming years. “Our ski area competes in a national market ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It's not easy to replace the gondola at Lutsen on the North Shore. A video taken Monday shows a helicopter was brought in to help install 11 steel towers on the ski mountain. The ...

LUTSEN, Minn. - The leaves are just beginning to turn on Lutsen Mountian, signaling the approach of fall... but winter is in the air. Literally, in the air. Large helicopters hovered over the mountain ...

A popular ski area south of Thunder Bay has some big expansion plans for the coming years. Lutsen Mountains in Minnesota plans to install a new, $7 million gondola this summer, and double the size of ...

Lutsen currently is the largest ski facility in the Midwest, with 95 runs and a total vertical drop of 920 feet. In order to fulfill its future plans, Lutsen is prepared to spend $30 million more in ...

DULUTH, Minn. — The ownership of Lutsen Mountains on Tuesday laid out some ambitious plans to upgrade and more than double its ski operations in the coming years. “Our ski area competes in a national ...