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Empire Cut at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 183 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 12° at its steepest, facing E.

12°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
183 mlength
28 mvertical
869 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Empire Cut

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

From the base area (about 15 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)
  6. Ski Upper Northway (advanced)
  7. Ski Lower Northway (intermediate)
  8. Ski Empire Cut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Empire, Excelsior. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lookout Mountain Triple (2 min), Little Whiteface (3 min), Freeway (6 min).

See Empire Cut 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.