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Lower Sleighride(Park)

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical484 ft
Length2,268 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top2,610 ft

Lower Sleighride(Park) drops 484 vertical feet over 2,268 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Lower Sleighride(Park) holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Lower Sleighride(Park) gets about 118% 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 18th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,610 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.

Lower Sleighride(Park) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Sleighride(Park) 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.