Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Main Backside drops 866 vertical feet over 3,088 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Main Backside gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,490 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.