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Wild Air

Double black (off-piste) Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical753 ft
Length3,350 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top2,647 ft

Wild Air drops 753 vertical feet over 3,350 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 950 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Wild Air holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Wild Air gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,650 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.

Wild Air profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wild Air 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.