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Lower Uncas

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical289 ft
Length994 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesS
Top2,828 ft

Lower Uncas drops 289 vertical feet over 994 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces south.

How well Lower Uncas holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 17°, Lower Uncas gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,830 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 Uncas profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Uncas 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.