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High Country Glades at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 677 m long with 176 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 24° at its steepest, facing E.

24°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
677 mlength
176 mvertical
855 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to High Country Glades

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

From the base area (about 17 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Face Lift
  2. Ski Easy Way (easy)
  3. Ride Summit Quad
  4. Ski Riva Ridge (intermediate)
  5. Ski Paron's Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Excelsior (intermediate)
  7. Ski Empire Cut (intermediate)
  8. Ski High Country Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Mackenzie. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Whiteface (1 min), Freeway (5 min), Face Lift (6 min).

See High Country Glades 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.