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Sunrise Park Ski Resort

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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.

We recently ranked all of Arizona's ski resorts, so you can see where Sunrise Park stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

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.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Sunrise Park around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Sunrise Park Mountain 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, 1.3 square miles, or 3.2 square kilometers.

Trails
Total Runs
65
Ski Lift
Lifts
6
Skier
Skiable Acres
800(3 km2)
Snow
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.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
11,100'(3,383 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,900'(579 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
9,200'(2,804 m)

Sunrise Park Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
43out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Sunrise Park can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. 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 ski level.

 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.

Skiable Terrain 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%.
Green Circle
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.

Blue Square
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%.

Black Diamond
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 nearest 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 Mountain 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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPHXPhoenix, AZ148 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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway AirportAZAMesa, AZ132 mi
Flagstaff Pulliam International AirportFLGFlagstaff, AZ144 mi
Tuscon International AirportTUSTuscon, AZ155 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.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance

Sunrise Park Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation11,100 ft
Base Elevation9,200 ft
Vertical Drop1,900 ft
Trails65
(46% Beginner,  28% Intermediate,  26% Expert)
Lifts6
Skiable Acres800
Avg. Annual SnowfallN/A inches
Sunrise Park Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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