Mountain Stats
Whitefish Mountain Resort is a skiing and snowboarding paradise with 110 named trails spanning roughly 3,000 acres of varied terrain on all aspects of Big Mountain.
In addition to the groomed runs, we have four terrain parks, a skier/boardercross course and vast expanses of bowls and glades that make for world-renowned tree skiing. Partially located on the Flathead National Forest, the resort operates 11 chairlifts as well as a T-bar and a conveyor carpet for beginners.
The mountain receives nearly 300 inches of snow in an average year. With a summit elevation of 6,817 feet and a base elevation of 4,464 feet, guests can descend a total of 2,353 vertical feet — nearly half a mile — down the south-facing slopes.
Our longest run is Hell Fire, an intermediate trail stretching 2.52 miles through the Hellroaring Basin, and our biggest lift is the six-seater Snow Ghost Express, which rises 2,224 vertical feet from the Base Lodge area to the top of Inspiration Ridge.
Typical ride durations for all our chairlifts are listed below. Ride times and operating hours are subject to change based on weather and other conditions. For current information, check out our Hours & Dates page as well as the Snow Report.
| Lift | Type | Vertical | Ride Time |
| Chair 1 — Big Mountain Express | High-Speed Quad | 2,084 feet | 8 minutes (15 minutes during summer) |
| Chair 2 — Swift Creek Express | High-Speed Quad | 1,110 feet | 5 minutes (8 minutes during summer) |
| Chair 3 — Tenderfoot | Triple | 441 feet | 6 minutes |
| Chair 4 — Snow Ghost Express | High-Speed Six | 2,224 feet | 7 minutes |
| Chair 5 — East Rim | Triple | 804 feet | 6 minutes |
| Chair 6 — Base Lodge | Quad | 215 feet | 6 minutes |
| Chair 7 — Big Creek Express | High-Speed Quad | 1,211 feet | 7 minutes |
| Chair 8 — Hellroaring | Triple | 1,082 feet | 7 minutes |
| Chair 9 — Easy Rider | Quad | 278 feet | 6 minutes |
| Chair 10 — Bad Rock | Triple | 461 feet | 4 minutes |
| Chair 11 — Flower Point | Triple | 998 feet | 9 minutes |
| Big Easy & 2 Easy Conveyor Carpets | Surface | 35 feet | 3 minutes |
| T-Bar 2 — Bigfoot | Surface | 407 feet | 3 minutes |
| T-Bar 1 — Heritage | Surface | 567 feet | 4 minutes |
| Elk Highlands | Triple | 536 feet | 6 minutes |