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Upper Wilderness at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 324 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 29° at its steepest, facing E.

29°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
324 mlength
153 mvertical
963 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Wilderness

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 Wilderness (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Upper Wilderness 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.