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Whiteface Mountain

Whiteface Mountain

4.71,338 Google reviews

Whiteface Mountain in New York’s Adirondacks has the greatest vertical drop in the eastern United States and hosted the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics alpine events.

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  • Greatest vertical drop in the eastern US
  • In New York’s Adirondack Mountains
  • A 1980 Lake Placid Olympics venue
  • Big-mountain terrain near Lake Placid

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Price Range
$$$
Best Season
Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
Disciplines
Alpine
Ski passes
Mountain Collective Pass: 2 daysCompare passes for a trip here

Skier reviews

4.7on Google, 1,338 reviews
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Around here

Around Whiteface Mountain

Hiccock Mountain0.8 miLittle Whiteface Mountain1.5 mi0.5 mi

11 lifts

  • Cloudsplitter Gondola8-passenger gondola · 15 min
  • Face LiftQuad chairlift
  • Summit QuadQuad chairlift
  • Little WhitefaceDouble chairlift
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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Current conditions

Today · Tue

27No-go/ 100

No new snow · High 49°F

RainHigh 49°F, low 36°FRain 41%Wind 16 kt, gusts 37

Air quality

30 Good

Whiteface Mtn monitor, 4 km

Snow 24h

0.0 in

Snow 72h

0.7 in

Today

46°F

From free public avalanche.org & NWS feeds. Air quality: New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →

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