Sunlight Mountain Resort and Ski Area is a ski area in Colorado, located in Garfield County in the White River National Forest, south of nearby Glenwood Springs.
Description
The resort has variety of terrain encompassing easy beginner runs, cruiser runs, as well as a section of steep chutes. The area covers a northeast-facing below-tree line basin that funnels all runs toward a single base area. The area has three chairlifts and a vertical drop exceeding . Operations began in December 1966 with one chairlift and a second was added in 1973. The summit of the park area has views of Mount Sopris and the Elk Mountains.
Notable people Alice McKennis (b. 1989), World Cup racer in speed events and two-time Olympian from New Castle, Colorado, learned to ski at Sunlight at the age of two. On March 31, 2018, Sunlight dedicated Alligator Alleys, a series of three steep chutes on its East Ridge, in honor of McKennis.
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