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John's Bypass at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 331 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
331 mlength
89 mvertical
1072 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

John's Bypass is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to John's Bypass

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 13 minutes, intermediate 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 John's Bypass (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Excelsior, Connector. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Quad (3 min), Lookout Mountain Triple (3 min), Little Whiteface (4 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.