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Ishmael's Alley at Whaleback

Intermediate · 98 m long with 17 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 11° at its steepest, facing N.

11°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
98 mlength
17 mvertical
470 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Ishmael's Alley is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Ishmael's Alley

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

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sky Lift
  2. Ski Flipper (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Lower Whaletail (easy)
  5. Ski Ishmael's Alley (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Bouganvillea. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (1 min), Sky Lift (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min).

See Ishmael's Alley 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.