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Pandora's Pass

Green Afton Alps, MN

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical229 ft
Length1,360 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top976 ft

Pandora's Pass drops 229 vertical feet over 1,360 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces east.

How well Pandora's Pass holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Pandora's Pass gets about 107% 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 12th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 980 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.

Pandora's Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pandora's Pass 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.