Black diamond Palisades Tahoe, CA
Trail 90 drops 972 vertical feet over 3,612 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 2,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Trail 90 gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,110 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.