Green Afton Alps, MN
Kitty's Garden drops 12 vertical feet over 151 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 5° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 5°, Kitty's Garden gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 710 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.