Not only does Laurel Mountain boast the highest vertical drop on the Laurel Ridge in Pennsylvania at 800 feet, the mountain is famous for its double diamond Lower Wildcat Slope, one of the steepest in the state which averages near 60% grade and reaches 72% at its steepest point.
Laurel Mountain is renowned not only for its extreme vertical descent on Laurel Ridge in Pennsylvania, reaching 800 feet, but also for its notorious Lower Wildcat Slope, a slope with an exceptionally steep grade of around 60% and as high as 72%.