Otsego Resort
Northern Michigan · MI
Description · generated
Otsego Resort is a ski area in Northern Michigan, in the United States, near Gaylord at about 45.03° N latitude. It has 32 runs served by 5 chairlifts, one of which is a high-speed quad, and a vertical drop of 400 feet. The terrain runs from beginner slopes to steeper pitches, with glades that have been added in recent seasons and two terrain parks. Snowmaking supplements natural snowfall in the region's snow belt, and 6.2 miles of marked Nordic trails sit alongside the alpine runs. The winter season runs from late December to mid-March.
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As of Oct 20, Otsego Resort's PeakCam Snow Score is 3 of 100 (poor): snow quality 3 of 15, depth vs normal 0 of 30, 7-day snow 0 of 25, 7-day forecast 0 of 20.
Why 3? The five components
- Depth vs normal0
- New snow, 7 days0
- Forecast, 7 days0
- Snow quality3
- Operating status0
Snow Report
Updated · Source: open_meteo
- Base depthmodelestimated 3 h
- 24 h newmodelestimated 3 h
- WindNWS stationlive <1 h
- Next 48 hmodelestimated 4 h
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5-Day Forecast
NWS Forecast ↗| Day | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Snow | Forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 66° | 6 | |||
| 63° | 5 | ||||
| Wed | 54° | 5 | |||
| 64° | 10 | ||||
| 61° | 3 | ||||
| Thu | 50° | 2 | |||
| 56° | 5 |
Snow amounts: PeakCam blend of 9 models (Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0) · Narrative, temperature and wind: National Weather Service · Updated hourly
What the instruments say
by elevation band| Band | Station | Depth | New | Temp | Wind | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | GAYLORD OTSEGO CO AIRPORT, MI USGHCN-Daily · 1,332 ft · 3.4 km | – | – | 42°F | – | |
| Mid-mountain | Gaylord Regional AirportNWS · 1,332 ft · 3.4 km | – | – | 62.6°F | 5.7 mph | |
| Base | GAYLORD 4.1 S, MI USGHCN-Daily · 1,289 ft · 8.0 km | 0″ | 0″ | – | – |
Each row is one sensor at its own elevation, not a mountain average. Daily networks (SNOTEL, GHCN) read once a day; hourly ones (NWS, ECCC, BC ASWS) carry temperature and wind but no depth. Sources: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily; NOAA National Weather Service.
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About Otsego Resort
Otsego Resort is a ski resort in Northern Michigan. Snow figures on this page are weather-model estimates, not ground-sensor readings.
PeakCam treats this as the off-season here; if the mountain is still operating, the numbers and cams above are the thing to trust.