Black diamond Terry Peak, SD
Ben-Hur drops 657 vertical feet over 2,234 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 26 named runs at Terry Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Ben-Hur gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Terry Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Terry Peak. Its top sits at 6,930 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.