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Liftline

Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical171 ft
Length1,131 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesS
Top6,488 ft

Liftline drops 171 vertical feet over 1,131 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces south.

How well Liftline holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 9°, Liftline gets about 137% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,490 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Liftline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Liftline 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.