Double black (off-piste) Palisades Tahoe, CA
McConkey's drops 280 vertical feet over 450 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 56° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 40°, McConkey's gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,020 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.