Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Rock Garden drops 1,103 vertical feet over 2,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 24°, Rock Garden gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,930 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.