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Sunlight Mountain ski area, Colorado
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| | The 2,010 feet of altitude difference is truly impressive. There's 470 acres of skiing territory, and it's all covered by beautiful snow. The wonderful snow here gets extremely deep, 21 feet per winter, and that is one of the reasons this is such a glorious ski mountain. Sunlight Mountain has a decent mixture of ski slopes and few ski lifts. Sunlight Mountain has the largest vertical drop for 35 miles. The delightful landscape of the Colorado highlands and all the pleasant ski trails are cause enough to come here to |
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ski. This ski area has a much lower than average part of advanced and expert runs and a much higher than average percentage of green and blue ski slopes. All in all there are 67 trails to pick from; there's a magnificent variety to gratify everyone. This is a
| | small ski resort boasting a medium vertical drop compared to other US Rockies ski resorts. There are 4 lifts here, and they are fun to catch a ride with. The ski trail map on this web page will give you a good idea what Sunlight Mountain is like. No deficiency of wonderful rooms, but if you don’t have reservations, you may perhaps end up sleeping in your automobile. Sunlight Mountain has snowfall close to the local average every season. The mountains of Colorado in wintertime are always fine for skiing or snowboarding. | |
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The snowboarding and the skiing in Colorado is so much fun every day of the winter season. This is a delightful ski resort for everybody with a lot of blue and green ski slopes. A pleasant workout and just hanging out with your skiing friends have skiers coming here.
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Skier and snowboarder reviews of Sunlight Mountain ski area, Colorado:
12-year-old Kayla Rico
- submitted by: Albert
Sunlight Mountain ski area - Parker Hille 03-26-Powder
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Sunlight Mountain ski area - Chris Lyons 03-26-Powder
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Sunlight Mountain ski area - Danny Stewart 03-26-Powder
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| These outdoors activities are available near Sunlight Mountain ski area. |
| | Ski Areas Near Sunlight Mountain ski area:
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Buttermilk, Colorado
, 35 miles away 2030 vertical feet 41 runs - 7 lifts 26% Expert & Adv. 39% Intermediate 35% Beginner |
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Aspen Highlands, Colorado
, 35 miles away 3635 vertical feet 131 runs - 4 lifts 52% Expert & Adv. 30% Intermediate 18% Beginner |
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Crested Butte, Colorado
, 37 miles away 2775 vertical feet 121 runs - 16 lifts 20% Expert & Adv. 57% Intermediate 23% Beginner |
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Aspen Mountain, Colorado
, 38 miles away 3267 vertical feet 76 runs - 8 lifts 65% Expert & Adv. 35% Intermediate 0% Beginner |
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Irwin Lodge, Colorado
, 39 miles away 2100 vertical feet 15 runs - 3 lifts 100% Expert & Adv. 0% Intermediate 0% Beginner |
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Snowmass, Colorado
, 40 miles away 4406 vertical feet 84 runs - 21 lifts 38% Expert & Adv. 55% Intermediate 7% Beginner |
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Beaver Creek, Colorado
, 58 miles away 3340 vertical feet 149 runs - 25 lifts 38% Expert & Adv. 43% Intermediate 19% Beginner |
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Powderhorn, Colorado
, 59 miles away 1650 vertical feet 44 runs - 4 lifts 30% Expert & Adv. 50% Intermediate 20% Beginner |
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Howelsen Hill, Colorado
, 67 miles away 440 vertical feet 15 runs - 3 lifts 50% Expert & Adv. 30% Intermediate 20% Beginner |
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Steamboat, Colorado
, 68 miles away 3668 vertical feet 143 runs - 20 lifts 31% Expert & Adv. 56% Intermediate 13% Beginner |
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| | Whitewater Near Sunlight Mountain ski area:
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Roaring Fork, Pitkin/Garfield
County
, 6 miles away, Class II+(III) - 6.2 miles long (Black Bridge to Veltus Park) |
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Colorado River, Garfield
County
, 10 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 3.8 miles long (Hanging Lake Exit 125 to Grizzly Creek) |
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Colorado River, garfield
County
, 10 miles away, Class III-IV - 2 miles long (Shoshone Power Plant Exit 123 to Grizzly Creek Exit 121) |
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| |  Sunlight Mountain ski area Trail Map Trail map supplied by Sunlight Mountain ski area, copyright ©. |
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* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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