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Defiance at Sunlight Ski Area

Advanced · 920 m long with 316 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
920 mlength
316 mvertical
2871 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Defiance is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Defiance

Lifts that reach the top: Primo (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Primo
  2. Ski Grizzly Road (easy)
  3. Ski Grizzly (easy)
  4. Ski Beaujolais (intermediate)
  5. Ski Defiance (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Defiance, Midland Traverse.

See Defiance on the 3D mapAll runs at Sunlight Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.