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New Found Ridge

Blue Ragged Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical231 ft
Length655 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesN
Top1,977 ft

New Found Ridge drops 231 vertical feet over 655 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces north.

How well New Found Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 21°, New Found Ridge gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ragged Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 1,980 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.

New Found Ridge profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like New Found Ridge 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.