Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Cornice Bowl drops 889 vertical feet over 3,146 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 2,640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Cornice Bowl gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,060 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.