Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Ego Alley drops 608 vertical feet over 1,384 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 27°, Ego Alley gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,520 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.