Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
The Saddle drops 921 vertical feet over 4,360 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 2,350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, The Saddle gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,990 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.