BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Vail Resorts Inc. said Thursday it is buying the family-owned Afton Alps ski area in Minnesota and Mount Brighton outside Detroit for a total of $20 million cash, giving it ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Afton Alps was created in 1963 by three local farmers, and over the decades thousands of Minnesotans have skied and worked there. And even with its sale, the people who worked ...

The ski season at Afton Alps is coming to a close. The Hastings resort announced on Tuesday that it'll wrap things up on March 23, a sure sign that spring is finally around the corner. The ski area ...

Afton Alps ski hills won’t be just for skiing and snowboarding anymore. The popular Twin Cities area slopes, located just south of Afton in the St. Croix River Valley, is bringing back snow tubing for ...

The new tube park at Afton Alps is open for the season. The bubbly Tube Park opened on Dec. 26 at 10 a.m. after months of teasing tubing's return at the ski resort. Afton Alps opened select ski hills ...

Steve Johnson and a buddy started volunteering on the Afton Alps Ski Patrol 50 years ago as a way to ski for free. Johnson never stopped. “I was basically a destitute college student looking for a way ...

AFTON, Minn. — One year ago today, the Twin Cities looked like a winter wonderland. The runways were closed at MSP due to heavy snow. Local ski hills were also packed with skiers and snowboarders.

Red Bull announced this week that Afton Alps will play host to a new ice cross downhill race early next year, but the owners of the recreation area say it’s not for certain. A spokesman for Vail ...

AFTON, Minn. — It's a busy month for Santa, but before his big trip around the world, St. Nick is taking a break to go skiing at Afton Alps! The ski resort is hosting Claus Day on Saturday, Dec. 17.

The 50-year-old Afton Alps ski resort has reopened after being purchased by Vail Resorts and undergoing a $10 million makeover. Hoping to woo early season skiers and snowboarders, Afton Alps opened ...

As summer wanes, it's not too early to think about skiing. At least that's the case at Afton Alps, the 50-year-old ski resort in Washington County that is currently undergoing a $10 million renovation ...