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Flipper at Whaleback

Easy · 314 m long with 52 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
314 mlength
52 mvertical
543 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Flipper is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Flipper

Lifts that reach the top: Sky Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sky Lift
  2. Ski Flipper (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Ambergris. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (2 min), Sky Lift (2 min), Magic Carpet (3 min).

See Flipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Whaleback
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.