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Lone Pine

Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical214 ft
Length1,167 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top7,335 ft

Lone Pine drops 214 vertical feet over 1,167 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.

How well Lone Pine holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Lone Pine gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 75th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,330 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.

Lone Pine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Pine 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.