Whiteface placed third in SKI Magazine’s reader-ranked top 20 East Coast ski resorts for 2026, finishing behind only Sugarloaf and Saddleback mountains, both of which are in Maine. The bronze finish marked an impressive ascent for Whiteface, which failed to crack the top 20 in last year’s SKI Magazine reader survey. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports this comes a couple of weeks after the mountain, which boasts the greatest North American vertical drop east of the Rockies, posted another notable finish in a different survey: the 2025 Readers’ Choice Conde Nast Traveler Top 30 Ski Resorts in the U.S.