Blue Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Milk Way drops 181 vertical feet over 1,243 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 9°, Milk Way gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,240 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.