Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Atkinson's - 3rd drops 447 vertical feet over 1,710 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 66th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Atkinson's - 3rd gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,250 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.