Approved Equipment
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- The only approved equipment for lift service at Ragged Mountain is skis, snowboards and snowskates with METAL edges and retention devices that appropriately fit. Equipment not allowed includes but is not limited to snowskates without metal edge ski under deck, snowscooters, and snowbikes.
Children Riding the Lift
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- Any child riding a chairlift at Ragged Mountain Resort must be wearing skis or a snowboard, have sufficient ability to ride the lift, and be familiar with proper loading, riding, and unloading procedures and best practices. Transporting a child in a backpack or front-pack on any chair or surface lift at the resort is prohibited.
Uphill Policy Guests traveling uphill must check in at Guest Services. A season pass or a $10 uphill ticket must be acquired for uphill access.*
- Any uphill hiking or skinning outside of operating hours is prohibited.
- Anyone skinning or hiking uphill must check in at Guest Services. (Hikers or guests on snowshoes MUST have metal edge skis or snowboards for descending)
- Uphill traffic will not be allowed to start uphill after 3:00pm. *This accounts for the 45min to 1 hour it takes the general public to summit and ski back down to the base area before the lifts close and Ski Patrol does their final trail sweeps for the day.
- A nominal fee or a season pass is required to use Ragged Mountain’s facilities.
- The ascending route will be determined each day and may be changed at any time Ski Patrol, Mountain Ops, or Guest Services determines necessary.
- People will be instructed to tour / hike on the skier’s right side of the trail. This will pose no more of an obstacle than a stopped skier or boarder.
- No dogs allowed on hill!
- Ski patrol will ski determined trail to reinforce instructions to uphill users.
- Lift and base personnel will alert ski patrol in the event of hikers starting up any trail. (Hikers or guests on snowshoes MUST have metal edge skis or snowboards for descending)
- The infrequency of this practice should not pose a problem to the mountain operations.
* Please remember as an uphill user, you are a guest of the resort and fall under the same terms, conditions, acknowledgement of risk (RSA 225A:3) and release of liability as any other guest of the ski area. Access is at your own risk.
Uphill Skier Code:
- Get permission to travel uphill
- Stay to the sides of the trails
- If the ski area designates specific uphill routes, always stay on them
- Don’t climb on closed terrain
- Always be aware of traffic coming down the hill at you
- Avoid climbing on steeper trails
- Avoid grooming and snowmaking operations
- Follow any directives from ski patrol or mountain staff
- Only use equipment with ski brakes or leashes
- Be a good customer
Check out the full Uphill Story from No Lift Needed HERE.
Drone Policy
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- For safety reasons, Ragged Mountain Resort prohibits the operation or the use of unmanned aerial systems, or aerial drones, by the general public.