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Crystal

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical57 ft
Length322 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top1,877 ft

Crystal drops 57 vertical feet over 322 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Crystal holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Crystal gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,880 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Crystal profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crystal 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.