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Upper Whaletail at Whaleback

Easy · 422 m long with 50 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 10° at its steepest, facing NE.

10°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
422 mlength
50 mvertical
542 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Upper Whaletail

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

From the base area (about 8 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sky Lift
  2. Ski Upper Whaletail (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Whaletail, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (2 min), Sky Lift (2 min), Magic Carpet (3 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.