Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Dead Man's Hand drops 200 vertical feet over 795 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 15°, Dead Man's Hand gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,340 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.