Blue Afton Alps, MN
Sadie's Slide drops 57 vertical feet over 502 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 39 named runs at Afton Alps. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, Sadie's Slide gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Afton Alps does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Afton Alps. Its top sits at 920 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.