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Dolly's Dip

Green Afton Alps, MN

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical40 ft
Length692 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesE
Top923 ft

Dolly's Dip drops 40 vertical feet over 692 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces east.

How well Dolly's Dip holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 4°, Dolly's Dip 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 18th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 920 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.

Dolly's Dip profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dolly's Dip elsewhere

Nearby at Afton Alps

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.