Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Newport drops 793 vertical feet over 4,072 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 3,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Newport gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,620 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.