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Eagle Pass

Green Palisades Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical324 ft
Length1,619 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top8,352 ft

Eagle Pass drops 324 vertical feet over 1,619 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 88th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces southeast.

How well Eagle Pass holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Eagle Pass gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,350 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Eagle Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Eagle Pass elsewhere

Nearby at Palisades Tahoe

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.