Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY
Birch Bark Alley drops 159 vertical feet over 944 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Birch Bark Alley gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,020 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.