Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Horse Trails drops 466 vertical feet over 1,684 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Horse Trails gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,800 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.