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Aeroplane Gulley at Whakapapa skifield

Advanced · 511 m long with 90 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.

24°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
511 mlength
90 mvertical
1964 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Aeroplane Gulley is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Aeroplane Gulley

Lifts that reach the top: Delta Quad Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Sky Waka Gondola
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Delta Quad Chair
  4. Ski Delta Trail West (easy)
  5. Ski Yankee Slalom (advanced)
  6. Ski Aeroplane Gulley (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Yankee Slalom. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sky Waka Gondola (5 min), Rangatira Express Quad Chair (5 min), Carpet 1 (5 min).

See Aeroplane Gulley on the 3D mapAll runs at Whakapapa skifield
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.