Black diamond Afton Alps, MN
Barbi's Challenge drops 235 vertical feet over 1,121 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Barbi's Challenge gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 950 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.