Double black Palisades Tahoe, CA
Light Tower drops 594 vertical feet over 1,201 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 31°, Light Tower gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,380 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.