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Nancy's Nursery

Green Afton Alps, MN

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical62 ft
Length536 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top780 ft

Nancy's Nursery drops 62 vertical feet over 536 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces north.

How well Nancy's Nursery holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 7°, Nancy's Nursery gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 780 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Nancy's Nursery profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nancy's Nursery 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.