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Twister

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,237 ft
Length6,797 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top2,927 ft

Twister drops 1,237 vertical feet over 6,797 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 2,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces east.

How well Twister holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Twister gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,930 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Twister profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Twister 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.