Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Eights drops 154 vertical feet over 529 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Eights gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,340 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.