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Rib Cage at Whaleback

Intermediate · 131 m long with 24 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 11° at its steepest, facing N.

11°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
131 mlength
24 mvertical
464 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Rib Cage

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 Rib Cage (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See Rib Cage 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.