Lift Face at Welch Village
Advanced · 106 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 21° at its steepest, facing NE.
21°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
106 mlength
28 mvertical
262 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Lift Face is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lift Face
Lifts that reach the top: Look Out Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cannon Valley Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); West Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); East Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Face Lift 2000 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride West Quad
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Long Way Home (easy)
- Ski Paul's Trail (easy)
- Ski Lift Face (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Coulee. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Face Lift 2000 (1 min), Look Out Quad (1 min), West Quad (2 min).
See Lift Face on the 3D mapAll runs at Welch VillageMeasured 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.