Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY
The Dark Side Glades drops 247 vertical feet over 777 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, The Dark Side Glades gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 3,230 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.