Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Standteiner's - 4th drops 375 vertical feet over 1,411 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, Standteiner's - 4th gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,220 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.