Sunrise Park Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Arizona in USA. The resort is in the town of Greer, AZ.
Sunrise Park is a part of the INDY Ski Pass system. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all of the slopes that are also a part of the group.
Sunrise Park Lodging:
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Terrain Overview
Sunrise Park has a total of 65 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 800 acres, Sunrise Park Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 324 hectares, 1 square miles, or 3 square kilometers.
Total Runs
65
Lifts
6
Skiable Acres
800(3 km2)
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Elevation
Sunrise Park Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 11,100 feet, or 3,383 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 9,200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,900 feet (579 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
The summit of 11,100 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.
Summit Elevation
11,100'(3,383 m)
Vertical Drop
1,900'(579 m)
Base Elevation
9,200'(2,804 m)
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
43out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level
Sunrise Park has 800 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Sunrise Park is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 46% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 54%.
Beginner
46%(368 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
28%(224 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
26%(208 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Sunrise Park Ski Resort good for beginners?
Sunrise Park can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 54% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Location
Sunrise Park Ski Resort is located in the state of Arizona, USA. This ski area is nearby the town of Greer, AZ.
Address:
Greer, AZ 85927 USA
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Website:
sunrise.ski/
GPS Coordinates:
34.02000, -109.53000
Getting to Sunrise Park Ski Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Sunrise Park Ski Resort), its coordinates of 34.02000, -109.53000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Greer, AZ to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Sunrise Park Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | PHX | Phoenix, AZ | 148 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Sunrise Park.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport | AZA | Mesa, AZ | 132 mi |
| Flagstaff Pulliam International Airport | FLG | Flagstaff, AZ | 144 mi |
| Tuscon International Airport | TUS | Tuscon, AZ | 155 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Sunrise Park Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Sunrise Park Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 11,100 ft |
| Base Elevation | 9,200 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,900 ft |
| Trails | 65 (46% Beginner, 28% Intermediate, 26% Expert) |
| Lifts | 6 |
| Skiable Acres | 800 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | N/A inches |