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Twister Glades

Black diamond Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical683 ft
Length3,044 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top2,632 ft

Twister Glades drops 683 vertical feet over 3,044 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Twister Glades holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Twister Glades gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,630 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.

Twister Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Twister Glades 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.