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Upper Thruway at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 635 m long with 264 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 29° at its steepest, facing E.

29°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
635 mlength
264 mvertical
924 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Thruway

Lifts that reach the top: Freeway (skiing novice 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 9 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Freeway
  2. Ski Upper Thruway (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Thruway, Low Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Whiteface (1 min), Freeway (3 min), Face Lift (4 min).

See Upper 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.