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Upper Northway at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 221 m long with 109 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
221 mlength
109 mvertical
1080 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Northway is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Upper Northway

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 14 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 Northway (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Essex, Lower Northway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lookout Mountain Triple (3 min), Little Whiteface (4 min), Freeway (7 min).

See Upper Northway 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.