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Lower Whaletail at Whaleback

Easy · 224 m long with 34 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
224 mlength
34 mvertical
492 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Lower Whaletail

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

From the base area (about 9 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sky Lift
  2. Ski Flipper (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Lower Whaletail (easy)

Where it ends

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

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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.