Blue Afton Alps, MN
Monica's Highlands drops 264 vertical feet over 1,729 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 9°, Monica's Highlands gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 1,020 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.