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Upper Spout at Whaleback

Intermediate · 434 m long with 85 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 15° at its steepest, facing E.

15°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
434 mlength
85 mvertical
512 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Upper Spout is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: classic. Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Upper Spout

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

From the base area (about 10 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 Upper Spout (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See Upper Spout 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.