Winter is the "high season" in Big Snow Country! People have been playing in our snow for more than a century. Our unique microclimate brings an average winter snowfall of 172 inches (snowfall in 1996-97 was more than 300 inches and the latest season topped 270 inches). Cool air masses moving south across Lake Superior pick up moisture over the lake and then shed that moisture in the form of abundant snow when that air is forced up 1,300 vertical feet inside our shoreline. If there's snow anywhere in the Midwest, you'll find it here. To make sure you have a comfortable room and hearty home cooked breakfast, check availability using the email form at the bottom of the Rooms & Reservations page, or call us at: 715/561-2065.

Alpine Skiing

Five mountains of snow, just minutes apart, featuring 34 ski lifts, more than 100 downhill runs for the beginner, intermediate and advanced skier await you in Big Snow Country. From instruction for the beginner to NASTAR Racing, you'll discover the best skiing east of the Rockies right here. That makes Hurley and the Anton-Walsh House a central location for you to experience the Midwest's finest in downhill skiing. Big Powderhorn Mountain, Blackjack, Indianhead, White Cap Mountains, and the Porcupine Mountains offer skiers and snow boarders exciting options. And the Porkies give you the highest vertical in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Snowmobiling

Iron County continues to make the top of the lists in SnowGoer Magazine year after year. You can connect to all of the trails directly from the Anton-Walsh House where a designated trail connects you with our Wisconsin trails and those in neighboring Gogebic County, Michigan just two blocks away. There are more than 500 miles of well-groomed, uncrowded trails in Iron County alone! Yet it's not just the superior trail system that keeps folks coming back. Hurley is consistently rated Number One for night life. The many restaurants and nightclubs in downtown Hurley are all within easy walking distance from our inn. Find us at #85 on the new, 2000-2001 Iron County Snowmobile Map. Hear trail condition reports 24 hours a day between December 1 and March 31 by calling: 1-715-561-3866.

Nordic Skiing

More than a dozen cross country ski centers surround the Anton-Walsh House. That gives you more than 250 kilometers of unduplicated trails from Lake Superior and the Porcupine Mountains to the incredible Uller Trail winding through the Penokee Range and the Cedar Trail in Gurney that follows ravines and plateaus to Lake Superior (watch out for the deer!).

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