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Twister

Black diamond Ragged Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical84 ft
Length437 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top2,204 ft

Twister drops 84 vertical feet over 437 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Twister holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Twister gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ragged Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 2,200 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Twister profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Twister 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.