Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Granite Alley drops 379 vertical feet over 878 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 26°, Granite Alley gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,430 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.