Green Afton Alps, MN
Ruthie's Meadow drops 21 vertical feet over 382 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 3°, Ruthie's Meadow gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 880 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.