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Upper Mackenzie at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 492 m long with 193 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 30° at its steepest, facing E.

30°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
492 mlength
193 mvertical
977 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Mackenzie

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 Mackenzie (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins 1,900 Road, Lower Mackenzie. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Whiteface (2 min), Freeway (5 min), Face Lift (6 min).

See Upper Mackenzie 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.