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Lower Gap at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 191 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 16° at its steepest, facing E.

16°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
191 mlength
41 mvertical
575 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Lower Gap

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

From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Face Lift
  2. Ski U. Valley (intermediate)
  3. Ski L. Valley (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Gap (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins L. Valley. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Face Lift (3 min), Cloudsplitter Gondola (3 min), Warhorse (4 min).

See Lower Gap 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.