Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Juniper Spire drops 686 vertical feet over 3,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 10°, Juniper Spire gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,750 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.