Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Saddle Face drops 424 vertical feet over 1,197 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Saddle Face gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,350 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.