Black diamond Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Chute drops 267 vertical feet over 861 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Chute gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,510 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.
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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.