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Home Run

Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical606 ft
Length4,203 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top6,843 ft

Home Run drops 606 vertical feet over 4,203 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 3,840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 105th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.

How well Home Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Home Run gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 78th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 6,840 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Home Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Home Run 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.