Blue Afton Alps, MN
Dawn's Highlands drops 265 vertical feet over 1,835 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, Dawn's Highlands gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 1,020 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.