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Brighton

Ski resort · United States

Is it worth the trip?

No score for Brighton on these dates yet: the forecast refreshes every three hours.

The resort in one fact

  • Top 3,188 mvillage 2,683 m

Full forecast

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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check Utah Avalanche Center.

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Photos of Brighton

2015-09-29 12 01 36 Orange fall foliage on Aspens in Brighton, Utah
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
2015-09-29 12 00 46 Forest and meadow in Brighton, Utah
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton, Silver Lake,Cottonwood - panoramio
Photo: Raman Patel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

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About Brighton

Village 2,683 m, top 3,188 m.

A ski resort with its village at 2,683 m and its top at 3,188 m. For beginners and families: 71% of the km of runs are green or blue. Within 5 km of the village: a ski school. The town to stay in is Brighton. Within 5 km we also list 1 ski resort and 1 mountain bike area.

For families

71% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a ski school: Alf Engen Ski School, 4.1 km

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The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,480–US$3,870 each

about US$2,480–US$3,870 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SLC, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$208–US$429
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$288–US$482
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Lift pass5 days at about US$312 a day, country averageabout US$1,330–US$1,800
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$221–US$368
Totalabout US$2,480–US$3,870

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Brighton

1 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Brighton · Booking.com

About Brighton its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 20m

About 6h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SLC, direct, then 1h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.