The Whiteface Blog

With the end of the season rapidly approaching, I’m looking to leech every bit of winter out for as long as I can. Farah and I have had success in the past hitting up Whiteface for sunny spring laps.

Despite inclement weather the day before The Face was holding strong with a trail count in the 70s. Our plan was to ski the weekend, with the Sunday lining up to be the ultimate spring day.

Saturday conditions were good if still firm and midwinter-ish on the upper mountain. Sunday was exactly as expected, a perfect bluebird day. Temperatures made into the high 30’s across the mountain and the corn harvest was in full effect.

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Could 2024/25 be repeated at Whiteface? After what was a consensus “best season in over a decade,” there was little talk of a repeat. That kind of thing just doesn’t happen. Or does it?

First, though, there was some excitement in the off season about the new Little Whiteface Chair. The new double chair re-used the towers north of its mid-station unloading, with new towers below.

The realignment of towers was needed because its previous “double double” configuration (two double chairlifts sharing the same towers) were not in alignment with the upper towers. The new towers make it appear that skier’s right of Mountain Run was widened.

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Closing weekend at your favorite resort is like a bad break up: it’s sudden, messy, and keeps you wondering if it could have lasted longer. Once the news was shared that Gore and Belleayre were closing in mid-April, it wouldn’t be long after until Whiteface too would call it quits for the 2024-2025 season.

As good as this winter was, with 189 total inches reported at the Face, spring came early at the mountain, receiving less than a foot of fresh snow in March and nothing more than a dusting in April. At least spring skiing can almost guarantee a good corn harvest.

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