Brighton Ski Resort

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Mountain Statistics For Brighton Ski Resort

New For 2009-2010
The big news is the New Millicent High Speed Quad. The lift will replace the Evergreen and Millicent Chair lifts. Evergreen was built in 1968 and was a Riblet Chair and Millicent was a Lift Engineering chair built in 1974. The new lift will be a $4.2 million Doppelmayr CTEC Detachable Quad. The Lift will be 3,920 ft long with a vertical rise of 1,110 feet. When the lift is finished, Brighton will be unique in that 100% of its terrain will be accessible from high speed lifts!
Mountain Statistics
Base Elevation: 8,755 ft (2,669 m)
Summit Elevation: 10,500 ft (3,200 m)
Vertical Drop: 1,745 ft (532 m)
Skiable Area: 1,050 acres (425 ha)
Annual Snowfall: 500 in (1,270 cm)
Snowmaking: 20 %
Number of Lifts: 8
Uphill Lift Capacity: 10,100 per hour
Types of Lifts: 1 Carpet
1 Triple Chair
6 Quad Chairs
Number of Trails: 66
Longest Run: 15,840 ft (4,828 m)
Trail Ratings
Trail ratings indicate the relative difficulty of the runs within a given ski area and are
not meant to be used for comparison between ski areas.
Easiest Easiest: 21 %
More Difficult More Difficult: 40 %
Most Difficult Most Difficult: 39 %
 
Area Details
Alpine Skiing: Yes Snowboarding: Yes
Night Skiing: Yes Restricted Areas: No
Heli-Skiing: No Leash Required: Yes
Snowcat Skiing: No Terrain Park: Yes
Cross Country: No Half Pipe: Yes
Snow Tubing: No  
Parks And Pipes
Terrain Park: Yes
Number of Parks: 4
Half Pipe: Yes
 
Dates And Times
Dates and hours of operation may vary and are subject to the whims of Mother Nature.
Expected Opening Date: November 13, 2009
Expected Closing Date: April 2010
Hours of Operation: Daily: 9am - 4pm
Night: 4pm - 9pm
Area Services
Child Care: No Adaptive Skier: Yes
Ski Lessons: Yes Snowboard Lessons: Yes
Ski Rentals: Yes Snowboard Rentals: Yes
Children's Programs: Yes Women's Programs: Yes
Nearby Lodging: Yes On U.S.F.S. Land: Yes
  • 3 Comment(s)

    Rating: 4.25

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    Amazing powder, juat like its neighbors, and terrain to match the other cottonwood canyon resorts as well. Brighton's biggest drawback is…
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    I enjoyed the terrain at Brighton and loved the backcountry access gates. Our group had a lot of fun skiing here. This place is what I…

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