Blue Gore Mountain, NY
Powder Pass drops 672 vertical feet over 3,571 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Powder Pass gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,940 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.