Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Crystal Palace drops 284 vertical feet over 1,056 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Crystal Palace gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 6,510 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.