Blue Terry Peak, SD
Homestake drops 700 vertical feet over 2,546 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 26 named runs at Terry Peak. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Homestake gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Terry Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Terry Peak. Its top sits at 6,910 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.