Black diamond Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Second Thought drops 270 vertical feet over 1,182 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 13°, Second Thought gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,500 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.