Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Cross Cut drops 202 vertical feet over 1,036 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Cross Cut gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,360 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.