Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Secret Garden drops 453 vertical feet over 1,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 22°, Secret Garden gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 6,680 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.