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High Pines

Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical631 ft
Length2,569 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top3,111 ft

High Pines drops 631 vertical feet over 2,569 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well High Pines holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, High Pines gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,110 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.

High Pines profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like High Pines 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.