Black diamond Ragged Mountain, NH
Sweepstakes drops 979 vertical feet over 3,933 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Sweepstakes gets about 61% 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 5th shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 2,190 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.