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Open Pit at Gore Mountain

Advanced · 256 m long with 95 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.

26°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
256 mlength
95 mvertical
1042 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Open Pit is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Open Pit

Lifts that reach the top: High Peaks Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Straigh Brook Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Northwoods Gondola
  2. Ski Pine Knot (intermediate)
  3. Ride Straigh Brook Quad
  4. Ski Cloud (intermediate)
  5. Ski Open Pit (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Dell. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Straigh Brook Quad (2 min), Topridge Quad (4 min).

See Open Pit on the 3D mapAll runs at Gore Mountain
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.