Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY
46er drops 889 vertical feet over 3,537 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, 46er gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,950 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.