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Brighton

⛰️ 2669–3200 m (531 m vertical) · 🎟️ $135 day pass (≈ €124) · 📅 Nov 14 to Apr 19

🧳 Plan a trip here 🛏️ Beds near the lifts ⏱️ Lift queues 🗺️ Piste map

8.5

Snowlist score

Photo: Wikipedia

Ratings

❄️ Snow

9.7

⛰️ Terrain

4.5

🚠 Lifts

9.3

⏱️ Queues

7.2

💸 Value

5.4

🍻 Après

1.7

✈️ Access

8.8

Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.

Key facts

Altitude	2669–3200 m
Vertical drop	531 m
Pistes advertised	1,050 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM	126.9 km
Lifts (mapped near village)	10 · 90% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass	$135
Passes	Ikon
Avg snowfall (mid)	13.1 m / season
Nearest airport	SLC · 45 min

Snow & weather

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The last three winters at 2935 m

Avg snowfall / season

13.1 m

Powder days (15 cm+)

Snowy days

Avg temp at base

-5°

Average snowfall by month · best: Mar

Nov

153

Dec

185

Jan

262

Feb

252

Mar

305

Apr

151

By season: 2022/23: 16.5 m · 16 powder days2023/24: 12.2 m · 8 powder days2024/25: 10.6 m · 12 powder days

When to go

Month	Avg snowfall	Tuesday 11:00	Saturday 11:00
Nov	153 cm	~0.6 min	~1.1 min
Dec	185 cm	~1.4 min	~2.8 min
Jan	262 cm	~1.8 min	~5 min
Feb	252 cm	~2 min	~4 min
Mar	305 cm	~2.1 min	~4.1 min	SWEET SPOT

Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).

Lift queues

Closed until Nov 14. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:

SIMULATION Average wait ~4 min, worst 8 min.

Weekend: locals are out

Simulate:

🪑 Crest Express

Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,656 m

8 minpredicted

🪑 Majestic

Chairlift · 4-seater · 917 m

6 minpredicted

🪑 Explorer

Chairlift · 4-seater · 247 m

6 minpredicted

🪑 Great Western Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,881 m

5 minpredicted

🪑 Milly Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,101 m

5 minpredicted

🪑 Snake Creek Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,335 m

5 minpredicted

🪑 Powderhorn 2

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,009 m

4 minpredicted

🪑 Summit Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,452 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 Apex Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 867 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 Sunrise

Chairlift · 3-seater · 963 m

3 minpredicted

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

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Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.

How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.

Map

Pistes (OpenSnowMap) Lifts by queue Hotels Bars 3D· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.

Where to sleep 2 places mapped · 1 ski-in/ski-out

9.5

Brighton Lodge

Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out

Book

5.0

Alpine Lodge

Guesthouse 🚶 ~9 min to Great Western Express ⛷️ piste 500 m

Book

Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.

Pistes

Easy (blue / green)	17.6 km · 14%
Intermediate (red / blue)	56.9 km · 45%
Advanced (black)	34.6 km · 27%
Expert	16.5 km · 13%
Freeride / ski route	1.3 km · 1%
🌙 Floodlit (night skiing)	12.5 km

Longest named runs

Big Dipper	2.8 km
Dynamite	2.7 km
Solbright	2.5 km
Wood Lawn	2.4 km
Thor	2.3 km
Pioneer	1.9 km
Pacific Highway	1.8 km
Jupiter Access	1.8 km

Après & food

Bars & pubs

Clubs

Restaurants

Mountain huts

🍺 Molly Green's🍸 The Library Bar🍸 Thirsty Squirrel

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Getting there

Nearest major airport: SLC, about 45 min away by road. Directions · Flights

Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area in the western United States, located in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Brighton, Utah. About thirty miles (50 km) from downtown Salt Lake City, it is owned and operated by Boyne Resorts. Wikipedia