Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Arete drops 615 vertical feet over 1,408 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 27°, Arete gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,410 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.