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Pine Knot

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical516 ft
Length2,528 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSW
Top3,205 ft

Pine Knot drops 516 vertical feet over 2,528 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Pine Knot holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 12°, Pine Knot gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,200 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.

Pine Knot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pine Knot 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.