Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Christmas Tree drops 566 vertical feet over 1,347 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 25°, Christmas Tree gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,150 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.