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Upper Sleighride

Double black (off-piste) Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical244 ft
Length1,883 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top2,877 ft

Upper Sleighride drops 244 vertical feet over 1,883 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Sleighride holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Upper Sleighride gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,880 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.

Upper Sleighride profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Sleighride 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.