Peak Jut 🤘

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Jun 09, 2025 5:27 pm

For those of you who must make your jokes, please go right ahead and get it out of your system.

Finished? Ok - I stumbled upon this guy on Reddit years ago but now I see he has made a whole proper website.

Peak Jut is super cool and I think a meaningful way to measure the general rad-ness of topography.
The website explains what the whole concept is and how it is calculated, including how it differs from prominence. I personally think it is more useful then prominence, because the way prominence values isolation is not quite as meaningful to me as elevation rise over a distance.

FYI the peak with the most Jut in the San Gabriels is Iron Mountain by a fair margin - I think that feels valid?

The interactive map is super cool, allowing you to calculate the "Jut" of any location, and features a "Jut" layer.

https://peakjut.com

...must resist temptation to retroactively calculate the Jut of every peak I've bagged.... must resist.... resistance is failing...

Post by **dima** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 10:21 pm

Do the peakbagger people know about this? It's a new source of lists to be completed!

Post by **tekewin** » Fri Jun 13, 2025 8:47 am

I've been following the jut discussion and jokes on /r/mountaineering for a while. It's a cool concept, but the jut dude takes a lot of flak.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Fri Jun 13, 2025 9:21 am

Huge fan once Nate turned me into it a few months ago! I wish more peaks were recognized on there. I feel like they only recognize peaks with a wiki and exclude OSM ones

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:56 pm

Matthew wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 9:21 am Huge fan once Nate turned me into it a few months ago! I wish more peaks were recognized on there. I feel like they only recognize peaks with a wiki and exclude OSM ones

But with the interactive map you can calculate from any point on earth!!! I.... may be in the process of doing so for my life list...

Post by **Sean** » Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:37 am

Is this different from vertical relief?

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:56 am

Sean wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:37 am Is this different from vertical relief?

Yes, because "Jut" takes into consideration the slope, or steepness, from a point at the base of the mountain to the point you are measuring the "Jut" of. Vertical Rise is only a measurement of difference in elevation, with no consideration of steepness.