Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY
Darby Woods drops 107 vertical feet over 336 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Darby Woods gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,090 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.