Black diamond Ragged Mountain, NH
Birches drops 890 vertical feet over 3,877 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Birches gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ragged Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 2,030 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.