Sundown Mountain ski area, Iowa - Skiing and Snowboarding

Sundown Mountain ski area, Iowa

Sundown is great, I love it here. All the great runs and all the nice people you bump into. says Paul.

This ski mountain boasts 4 feet of fluffy snow every year, and that is pretty ok for a ski mountain like this one. The 20 ski trails at this ski resort are beautiful. The nearest ski hill in possession of a more sky-scraping elevation difference is 67 miles away. The skiing area being 55 acres, it makes for an intimate skiing experience. This ski resort has 7 ski lifts, and they will get you up the hill effectively.

    This ski mountain has a much lower than average proportion of expert and advanced trails and a much higher than average part of green and blue slopes. This is a standard size ski mountain in possession of an average vertical drop compared to other mid west ski
hills. The ski trail map on this web page will give you a good idea what Sundown Mountain is like. This ski mountain gets blanketed by lower than average snow each season. Sundown Mountain is a family friendly ski hill with scores of green and blue ski slopes. Sundown Mountain has a somewhat humble mixture of slopes and a good total of different ski lifts. With a 475 foot vertical drop it's not the highest hill there is, but all the other tremendous qualities of Sundown Mountain make up for it. If you'll be living in

a hotel, you're in luck, places to stay are available right next door to the base zone, and if you make reservations prior to departure, you're all set. You'll come across lots of skiers from Dubuque here. When this segment of Iowa is blanketed in beautiful snow; it is so stunning for skiing and snowboarding. Getting your skiing muscles activated and a chance to spend some time in nature are good reasons to come. Since you're on this web page you are perhaps into skiing or snowboarding, either way, there are lots of good places for that in close proximity.

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at Sundown Mountain ski area
QUICK STATS
Vertical drop: 475 feet

Total Runs: 20
- 10% Expert and Advanced
- 50% Intermediate Runs
- 40% Beginner Runs

Total Lifts: 7

Skiing Area: 55 acres
Annual snowfall: 4 feet

Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.518052
Longitude: -90.826179

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Ski Areas Near Sundown Mountain ski area:

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   40% Intermediate
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Mount La Crosse, Wisconsin , 67 miles away
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   18 runs - 4 lifts
   50% Expert & Adv.
   20% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Tyrol Basin, Wisconsin , 77 miles away
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   16 runs - 6 lifts
   44% Expert & Adv.
   33% Intermediate
   23% Beginner

Christmas Mountain, Wisconsin , 87 miles away
   250 vertical feet
   7 runs - 3 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Devils Head, Wisconsin , 95 miles away
   500 vertical feet
   28 runs - 16 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Whitewater Near Sundown Mountain ski area:

Little Platte River, Grant County , 24 miles away, Class II(III) - 5.4 miles long (Old Lancaster Road to Stumptown Road)

National Parks Near Sundown Mountain ski area:

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry - IA , 41 miles away