Mountain Stats

Location:

5021 NY Route 86, Wilmington, N.Y., 9 miles from Lake Placid, 2 miles from Whiteface Village at Wilmington

Phone Numbers:

Whiteface: (518)946-2223
Coca-Cola Snow Phone: (518) 946-7171; 877-SKI-FACE
Olympic Regional Development Authority: 1-800-462-6236

Internet:

www.whiteface.com
www.orda.org
www.whitefacelakeplacid.com

E-mail:

ski@whiteface.com
ride@whiteface.com

Winter Operating Schedule:

Tentative Opening Date: November 28, 2008
Closing Date: April 12, 2009
Whiteface may open earlier or extend season pending snow conditions.
**Weather and conditions permitting

Lower Lifts Open: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Upper Lifts Open: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Cloudsplitter Gondola: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Ticket Booths: 8:00am - 3:30pm 7:30am on weekends and holidays.

Tickets may be purchased at Whiteface after 3:00 pm for the next day or at the ORDA Store Main Street Lake Placid.

Nursery Hours: 8:15am - 4:00pm

Rental Shop:
8:00am - 4:30pm
7:30am - 5:00pm weekends & holidays.

Elevation:

Base Elevation: 1,220'
Little Whiteface Elevation: 3,676'
Lookout Mountain Elevation: 4,000'
Highest Lift Terminus: 4,386'
Highest skiable terrain: The Slides at 4,650'
Peak Elevation: 4,867'

Vertical Drop:

3,430 feet – The greatest vertical drop in the east

3,166 feet - Lift serviced vertical drop

Number of Trails:

80

Longest Run:

3.5 miles intermediate terrain (total skiing and riding over 22 miles)

Skiable Acres:

282 including 35 acres of out of bounds skiing on "The Slides" (conditions permitting); 53.5 acres of tree skiing

Average Snowfall:

Winter 07-08 Whiteface recorded 225" of snow. Winter 06-07 Whiteface recorded 263" of snow. Winter 05-06 Whiteface recorded 202" at the base of the mountain. Three year average of 230"

Terrain:

37% Expert
43% Intermediate
20% Beginner

Snowmaking:

98% coverage excluding The Glades and The Slides using 235 guns and 38 miles of pipe

Lifts:

1 eight-passenger gondola
1 high speed quad
1 fixed quad
2 triples
5 doubles
1 conveyor lift.