Blue Terry Peak, SD
Lower Kussy drops 225 vertical feet over 909 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 26 named runs at Terry Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Kussy gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Terry Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Terry Peak. Its top sits at 6,320 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.