Colorado · United States · ski area
Sunlight Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Sunlight Mountain Resort is a ski area in Colorado, United States with 37 km of mapped downhill runs and 3 lifts, between 2,480 m and 3,002 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 37 km
- Lifts
- 3
- Top elevation
- 3,002 m
- Vertical drop
- 522 m
- Nearest airport
- ASE · 45 km
Slopes by difficulty
67 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
Sunlight Mountain Resort is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 67 mapped downhill runs add up to 37 km, which ranks it #77 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 550 m long.
Slopes at Sunlight Mountain Resort
About 28% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 37% intermediate and 34% advanced or expert, which makes Sunlight Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 3 lifts: 3 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,480 m up to 3,002 m, a vertical drop of 522 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Sunlight Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), about 45 km away in a straight line — roughly 58 minutes by car; Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is 45 km away. Nearby ski areas include Spring Gulch Trail System, Ski Stout, Aspen Snowmass (119.9 km) and Buttermilk (40.1 km), which together add 262 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Sunlight Mountain Resort
- 1Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE45 kmstraight lineAspen, United States
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- 2Eagle County Regional AirportEGE45 kmstraight lineEagle, United States
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- 3 GUC102 kmstraight line
- 4 GJT107 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Sunlight Mountain Resort
- 5 kmSpring Gulch Trail Systemup to 2,527 m
- 16 kmSki StoutSmall ski area
- 40 kmAspen Snowmass120 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 3,815 m
- 46 kmButtermilk40 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,011 m
- 48 kmAspen Highlands43 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 3,527 m
- 51 kmAspen Mountain59 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 3,431 m
- 61 kmIrwin Lodge SnowcatSmall ski area
- 64 kmCrested Butte Mountain Resort56 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 3,488 m
- 66 kmCrested Butte Nordicup to 2,888 m
- 73 kmBeaver Creek167 km of slopes · 24 lifts · up to 3,483 m
- 79 kmPowderhorn37 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,997 m
- 86 kmMount Massive Golf Courseup to 2,968 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.