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Headwaters

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical524 ft
Length2,861 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top3,221 ft

Headwaters drops 524 vertical feet over 2,861 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Headwaters holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Headwaters gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,220 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.

Headwaters profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Headwaters 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.