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Mineshaft Glades

Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical94 ft
Length319 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top3,243 ft

Mineshaft Glades drops 94 vertical feet over 319 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Mineshaft Glades holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Mineshaft Glades gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,240 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.

Mineshaft Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mineshaft Glades 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.