Blue Gore Mountain, NY
Sleeping Bear drops 561 vertical feet over 3,016 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Sleeping Bear gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,930 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.