Double black Gore Mountain, NY
Lower Steilhang drops 307 vertical feet over 1,319 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Steilhang gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,290 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.