Afton Alps Ski Area
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Afton Alps Ski Area is a popular Midwestern ski and snowboard resort in Minnesota known for its extensive network of runs and terrain parks along the St. Croix River valley.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afton Alps Ski Area canonical | 1 |
| Afton Alps ski resort | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2775588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afton Alps Ski Area Context triple: [Afton Alps, marketedAs, Afton Alps Ski Area]
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A.
Alta Ski Area
Alta Ski Area is a historic, skiers-only resort in Utah renowned for its deep, light powder and challenging terrain.
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B.
Snow Creek Ski Area
Snow Creek Ski Area is a small Midwestern ski and snowboard resort near Weston, Missouri, offering winter sports terrain and amenities to the Kansas City region.
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C.
Spruce Peak ski area
Spruce Peak ski area is a major ski and recreation zone within Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort, known for its varied terrain and upscale base village.
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D.
McCauley Mountain Ski Area
McCauley Mountain Ski Area is a small, family-friendly ski resort in the Adirondack village of Old Forge, New York, known for its scenic views and varied terrain for skiers and snowboarders.
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E.
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a high-altitude ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its deep snow, challenging terrain, and relatively remote, uncrowded setting near Lake Tahoe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afton Alps Ski Area Target entity description: Afton Alps Ski Area is a popular Midwestern ski and snowboard resort in Minnesota known for its extensive network of runs and terrain parks along the St. Croix River valley.
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A.
Alta Ski Area
Alta Ski Area is a historic, skiers-only resort in Utah renowned for its deep, light powder and challenging terrain.
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B.
Snow Creek Ski Area
Snow Creek Ski Area is a small Midwestern ski and snowboard resort near Weston, Missouri, offering winter sports terrain and amenities to the Kansas City region.
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C.
Spruce Peak ski area
Spruce Peak ski area is a major ski and recreation zone within Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort, known for its varied terrain and upscale base village.
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D.
McCauley Mountain Ski Area
McCauley Mountain Ski Area is a small, family-friendly ski resort in the Adirondack village of Old Forge, New York, known for its scenic views and varied terrain for skiers and snowboarders.
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E.
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a high-altitude ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its deep snow, challenging terrain, and relatively remote, uncrowded setting near Lake Tahoe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ski resort
ⓘ
snowboard resort ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasFeature |
chairlifts
ⓘ
food and beverage facilities ⓘ night skiing ⓘ rental shop ⓘ ski and snowboard school ⓘ snowmaking system ⓘ surface lifts ⓘ terrain park ⓘ |
| hasType | downhill ski area ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive network of runs
ⓘ
skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ terrain parks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minnesota
ⓘ
St. Croix River Valley region ⓘ
surface form:
St. Croix River Valley
Washington County, Minnesota ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNear | Afton, Minnesota ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Afton Alps ⓘ |
| openDuring | winter season ⓘ |
| owner | Vail Resorts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Epic Pass
ⓘ
surface form:
Epic Pass network
|
| proximityTo | St. Croix River ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| serves |
Seven-county Twin Cities region
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surface form:
Twin Cities metropolitan area
|
| sport |
alpine skiing
ⓘ
snowboarding ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Afton Alps Ski Area Description of subject: Afton Alps Ski Area is a popular Midwestern ski and snowboard resort in Minnesota known for its extensive network of runs and terrain parks along the St. Croix River valley.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Afton Alps ski resort