Green Ski Mystic Deer Mountain, SD
Sun Run drops 284 vertical feet over 1,846 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 52 named runs at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 9°, Sun Run gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Ski Mystic Deer Mountain. Its top sits at 6,420 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.