Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Dead Tree drops 932 vertical feet over 2,225 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 25°, Dead Tree gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,810 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.