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Afton Alps Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Minnesota in USA. The resort is in the town of Hastings, MN.

We recently ranked all of Minnesota's ski resorts, so you can see where Afton Alps stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Afton Alps is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one season pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned and operated slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of types of Epic lift ticket passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Afton Alps around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Afton Alps Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Afton Alps has a total of 48 ski trails, which are serviced by 21 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Afton Alps is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 250 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 101 hectares, 0.4 square miles, or 1.0 square kilometers.

Afton Alps's slopes see on average 45 inches (1.1 meters) of snowfall a year.

Trails
Total Runs
48
Ski Lift
Lifts
21
Skier
Skiable Acres
250(1 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
45"(114 cm)

Afton Alps Ski Resort Elevation

Afton Alps Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 1,530 feet, or 466 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,180 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 350 feet (107 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Afton Alps has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
1,530'(466 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
350'(107 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
1,180'(360 m)

Afton Alps Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
30.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Afton Alps can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 70% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.
 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Afton Alps has 250 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Afton Alps is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 30% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 70%.
Green Circle
Beginner
30%(75 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
49%(123 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
21%(53 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Afton Alps Ski Resort good for beginners?

Afton Alps can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 70% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Afton Alps Ski Resort Location

Afton Alps Ski Resort is located in the state of Minnesota, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Hastings, MN.

Address:
Hastings, MN 55033 USA
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Website:
aftonalps.com

GPS Coordinates:
44.85000, -92.79000

Getting to Afton Alps Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Afton Alps Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.85000, -92.79000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Hastings, MN to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Afton Alps Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International AirportMSPMinneapolis, MN21 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Afton Alps.

NameCodeCityDistance
Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAUEau Claire, WI64 mi
Rochester International AirportRSTRochester, MN67 mi
Saint Cloud Regional AirportSTCSaint Cloud, MN78 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Afton Alps Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Afton Alps Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Welch VillageWelch, MN1,060 ft30%20 mi
Buck HillBurnsville, MN1,225 ft27%26 mi
HylandMinneapolis, MN1,075 ft26%28 mi
Wild MountainTaylors Falls, MN1,113 ft35%44 mi
Coffee MillWabasha, MN1,150 ft36%50 mi
Mount KatoMankato, MN540 ft39%78 mi
Powder Ridge Ski AreaKimball, MN790 ft24%81 mi

Afton Alps Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation1,530 ft
Base Elevation1,180 ft
Vertical Drop350 ft
Trails48
(30% Beginner,  49% Intermediate,  21% Expert)
Lifts21
Skiable Acres250
Avg. Annual Snowfall45 inches
Afton Alps Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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