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Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Afton Alps publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Webcams
Afton Alps shows its webcams on its own site
Its cameras play only on its own page.
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 200 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs (its own list is on the run map). The resort's bowls are drawn as areas: OpenStreetMap's own where it maps one, otherwise drawn by Aurora around OpenStreetMap's line, up to 60 m each side and halfway to the next run or lift, so their edges are approximate.
Runs
Every run Afton Alps lists, on its trail map and in a list side by side, to tick off as you ski them.
- Skied itRegular
- Foil16 runs
- Holo31 runs
Getting there
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International (MSP) 45 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes
The multi-resort passes Afton Alps is on, and what each gives here.
Epic Pass
UnlimitedEpic Pass 2026-27: Unlimited access to these world-class resorts — Every day of the season, including peak dates.
Rankings
Where Afton Alps stands among the U.S. resorts with each figure, and within Minnesota.
- Summit elevation#337 U.S., outside the top 100of 342#15 of 15 in Minnesota
- Highest lift-served elevation#394 U.S., outside the top 100of 471#17 of 19 in Minnesota
- Base elevation#311 U.S., outside the top 100of 317#14 of 14 in Minnesota
- Advertised vertical drop#304 U.S., outside the top 100of 390#6 of 18 in Minnesota
- Lift-served vertical#194 U.S., outside the top 100of 305#2 of 13 in Minnesota
- Skiable acres#135 U.S., outside the top 100of 319#2 of 10 in Minnesota
- Named trails#118 U.S., outside the top 100of 352#2 of 16 in Minnesota
- Advanced + expert terrain#154 U.S., outside the top 100of 209#6 of 9 in Minnesota
- Beginner runs#68 U.S., top 100of 209#2 of 10 in Minnesota
- Total lifts#21 U.S., top 50of 480#1 of 20 in Minnesota
- Uphill capacity#24 U.S., top 50of 81#1 of 2 in Minnesota
- Airport drive#71 U.S., top 100of 506#6 of 21 in Minnesota
- Big airport drive#56 U.S., top 100of 505#6 of 21 in Minnesota
- Closest airport drive#174 U.S., outside the top 100of 507#13 of 21 in Minnesota
Sources
Every figure on this page in one list, and the pages behind each.