Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Gold Coast Face drops 383 vertical feet over 1,644 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Gold Coast Face gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,470 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.