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Upper Chute

Green Ragged Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical77 ft
Length331 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top1,912 ft

Upper Chute drops 77 vertical feet over 331 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Chute holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Upper Chute 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 16th shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 1,910 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.

Upper Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Chute 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.