Black diamond Afton Alps, MN
Heather's Highlands drops 203 vertical feet over 1,056 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 11°, Heather's Highlands gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 950 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.