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Lower Face at Whaleback

Advanced · 188 m long with 52 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
188 mlength
52 mvertical
399 mtop elevation
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Snow and sun

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

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Lower Face

Lifts that reach the top: T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sky Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride T-Bar
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Face (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Lower Ivory Run, Scrimshaw. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Magic Carpet (1 min), Sky Lift (1 min), T-Bar (1 min).

See Lower Face 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.