Double black Palisades Tahoe, CA
National Chute drops 291 vertical feet over 540 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 33°, National Chute gets about 30% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,790 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.