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Upper Ridge

Blue Ragged Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical274 ft
Length1,869 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top2,205 ft

Upper Ridge drops 274 vertical feet over 1,869 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 53 named runs at Ragged Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Upper Ridge gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ragged Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Ragged Mountain. Its top sits at 2,210 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Upper Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.