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Approach at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 707 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 20° at its steepest, facing E.

20°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
707 mlength
156 mvertical
1104 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Approach

Lifts that reach the top: Little Whiteface (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cloudsplitter Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Face Lift
  2. Ski U. Valley (intermediate)
  3. Ride Little Whiteface
  4. Ski Excelsior (intermediate)
  5. Ski Approach (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Mountain Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Whiteface (2 min), Freeway (4 min), Face Lift (6 min).

See Approach on the 3D mapAll runs at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
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.