Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Strawberry Fields drops 420 vertical feet over 1,540 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Strawberry Fields gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,490 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.