Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Moseley's (aka West Face) drops 1,125 vertical feet over 2,281 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 30°, Moseley's (aka West Face) gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,890 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.