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Brighton Resort ski resort

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Good for

  • Snow-sureLifts up to 3,188 m

From OpenSkiMap piste data, SnowTrex’s stay listings.

The short answer

Brighton Resort has about 47 km of mapped runs and 8 lifts, with skiing from about 2,620 m up to 3,188 m (10,459 ft), a vertical drop of 568 m. By mapped runs it is number 51 of the 137 United States ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Salt Lake City (SLC), about 40 km away in a straight line.

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Brighton Resort 7-day mountain forecast

At about 2,904 m · updated 13 Nov, 04:41 UTC

About 47 mm of precipitation as likely snow in the next week (water equivalent).

  1. Fri 135°-1°0.2 mm
  2. Sat 140°-3°18.6 mm
  3. Sun 152°-10°0 mm
  4. Mon 163°-3°0 mm
  5. Tue 17-1°-4°21.6 mm
  6. Wed 18-4°-11°3.7 mm
  7. Thu 19-5°-9°3.4 mm

Forecast data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). "Likely snow" = precipitation with the temperature at or below 0.5 °C; resort snow reports and avalanche bulletins are the authority on conditions.

Brighton Resort: runs from 2,620 m to 3,188 m, a vertical drop of 568 m2,8003,000Top of the highest mapped run: 3,188 m (10,459 ft)Top 3,188 m · 10,459 ftBase 2,620 m · 8,596 ft568 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).
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Ski area facts

Top elevation
3,188 m10,459 ft
Vertical drop
568 m1,864 ft
Mapped runs
47 km90 runs
Lifts
8mostly chairlifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Easy 22% (10.6 km), Intermediate 49% (23 km), Advanced 23% (11.1 km), Expert 6% (2.7 km)Easy: 10.6 km, 21 runs (22%)22%EasyIntermediate: 23 km, 40 runs (49%)49%IntermediateAdvanced: 11.1 km, 23 runs (23%)23%AdvancedExpert: 2.7 km, 6 runs (6%)

About 22% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 49% intermediate and 29% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Easy2110.6 km
Intermediate4023 km
Advanced2311.1 km
Expert62.7 km

Lifts

8 mapped lifts, most of them chairlifts.

Lift typeCount
Chairlifts6
Magic carpets2

Piste map

For the current official piste map, open the resort’s website. You can also explore every mapped run and lift on OpenSkiMap’s interactive map.

Nearest airports

Airports with scheduled flights, by straight-line distance (road distance is longer).

AirportCityStraight-line distance
Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City40 km
Provo Municipal (PVU)Provo43 km
Ogden Hinckley (OGD)Ogden76 km
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI)Boise506 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Brighton Resort?

The highest mapped run starts at about 3,188 m (10,459 ft) and the lowest ends at about 2,620 m (8,596 ft), a vertical of 568 m (1,864 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Brighton Resort have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 47 km of downhill runs and 8 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Brighton Resort?

Salt Lake City (SLC) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 40 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Brighton Resort piste map?

Use the resort’s official website for the current piste map, or view the mapped runs and lifts on OpenSkiMap.

Ski area data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by OpenSkiMap; airports from OurAirports. Retrieved . Elevations are those of the highest and lowest mapped runs; run lengths are measured from the map and can differ from the resort’s published figures. Check the official website before you book.