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Bear Cub Run

Green Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch7°
Vertical55 ft
Length600 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top1,610 ft

Bear Cub Run drops 55 vertical feet over 600 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 7° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 107th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Bear Cub Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Bear Cub Run gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,610 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bear Cub Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Cub Run elsewhere

Nearby at Gore Mountain

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.