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Lower Defiance at Sunlight Ski Area

Expert · 367 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
367 mlength
133 mvertical
2555 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Lower Defiance

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

From the base area (about 15 minutes, expert skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Hike Out.

See Lower 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.