Peak Jut 🤘
Posted: 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...
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...