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Deer Run

Green Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical168 ft
Length1,570 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesE
Top6,197 ft

Deer Run drops 168 vertical feet over 1,570 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces east.

How well Deer Run holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 7°, Deer Run gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,200 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Deer Run profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Deer Run elsewhere

Nearby at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain

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.