All 2 lift-served alpine areas in South Dakota, each measured from its own lifts. The biggest is Terry Peak Ski Area at 1,037 feet of vertical.
| Resort | Base ft | Summit ft | Vertical ft | Lifts | Lift km | Footprint ac | NDJFM mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Peak Ski Area | 5,933 | 6,970 | 1,037 | 4 | 3.5 | 233 | 222 |
| Great Bear Recreation Park | 1,355 | 1,520 | 165 | 1 | 0.5 | 230 | 132 |
Base and summit are the lowest and highest lift terminal, read off AWS terrain tiles. Footprint acreage is the ground inside the hull of the lift lines — a lower bound on marketed acreage. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal, averaged over the mountain's bands.