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Yellow Trail

Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical271 ft
Length1,472 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top8,197 ft

Yellow Trail drops 271 vertical feet over 1,472 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces north.

How well Yellow Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 11°, Yellow Trail gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,200 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.

Yellow Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Yellow Trail elsewhere

Nearby at Palisades Tahoe

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.