Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
75 Chute drops 1,116 vertical feet over 2,349 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 29°, 75 Chute gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,930 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.