Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Shirley Bowl drops 406 vertical feet over 1,414 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Shirley Bowl gets about 58% 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 28th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,360 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.