Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Liftline drops 78 vertical feet over 396 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Liftline gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,640 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.
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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.