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Jughandle

Green Ragged Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical72 ft
Length459 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top1,798 ft

Jughandle drops 72 vertical feet over 459 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces north.

How well Jughandle holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 9°, Jughandle gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ragged Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 1,800 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.

Jughandle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Jughandle elsewhere

Nearby at Ragged 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.