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Lower Thruway at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 352 m long with 95 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 18° at its steepest, facing E.

18°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
352 mlength
95 mvertical
660 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Thruway

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

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Freeway
  2. Ski Upper Parkway (advanced)
  3. Ski Low Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Thruway (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Tom Cat, L. Valley, Lower Gap. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Freeway (2 min), Face Lift (3 min), Cloudsplitter Gondola (3 min).

See Lower Thruway 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.