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Sierra-At-Tahoe ski runs

50 named runs · about 20 miles of skiing · 6,660 to 8,860 ft

Green 36% (7.0 mi)Blue 34% (6.6 mi)Black 29% (5.6 mi)Double black 2% (0.4 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Chair Line (unofficial) 39°
  2. Huckleberry Gates 39°
  3. Avalanche Bowl 35°
  4. Upper Dynamite 35°
  5. Preacher's Passion 33°

Longest

  1. Sugar n' Spice 12,800 ft
  2. Wagon Trail 7,700 ft
  3. Rerun 4,600 ft
  4. Beaver 4,400 ft
  5. Preacher's Passion 4,300 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Lower Main 55% sun
  2. Upper Sleighride 57% sun
  3. Upper Castle 59% sun
  4. Dogwood 60% sun
  5. Eastabout 60% sun

Longest greens

  1. Sugar n' Spice 12,800 ft
  2. Wagon Trail 7,700 ft
  3. Upper Snowshoe 2,400 ft
  4. Bear 2,000 ft
  5. Upper Main 1,900 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 50 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Chair Line (unofficial) Double black 666 ft 2,020 ft 39° 20° NW Good
Huckleberry Gates Double black 955 ft — 39° 23° N —
Avalanche Bowl Double black 587 ft — 35° 21° N —
Upper Dynamite Black 551 ft 1,761 ft 35° 19° NW Excellent
Preacher's Passion Black 1,113 ft 4,344 ft 33° 15° NW Good
Jack's Bowl Double black 1,027 ft — 32° 24° NW —
Chute Black 423 ft 1,524 ft 31° 17° NW Average
Lower Dynamite Black 864 ft 2,943 ft 31° 17° NW Average
Upper Castle Black 521 ft 1,787 ft 28° 17° N Excellent
Eastabout Black 528 ft 1,819 ft 27° 17° N Excellent
Upper Powderhorn Blue 810 ft 4,205 ft 26° 11° NW Average
Horsetail Black 780 ft 2,743 ft 26° 17° NW Good
Clipper Black 1,043 ft 3,540 ft 25° 17° NW Excellent
Wagon Trail Green 917 ft 7,654 ft 25° 7° SW Poor
Coyote Blue 479 ft 1,875 ft 24° 15° SW Poor
Shortswing Blue 114 ft 514 ft 24° 13° NW Good
Castle Black 800 ft 3,819 ft 24° 12° NW Good
Dogwood Blue 836 ft 2,904 ft 24° 17° N Excellent
Lower Main Blue 506 ft 1,465 ft 24° 20° NW Excellent
Hemlock Blue 276 ft 1,133 ft 24° 14° NW Good
Upper Sleighride Blue 331 ft 1,133 ft 23° 17° N Excellent
Lower Powderhorn Blue 549 ft 2,205 ft 23° 15° N Excellent
Jackrabbit Black 492 ft 2,112 ft 23° 14° NW Average
Pyramid Blue 610 ft 2,421 ft 22° 15° N Excellent
Beaver Blue 849 ft 4,405 ft 22° 11° NW Average
Lower Bashful Blue 438 ft 1,794 ft 22° 14° N Good
Smokey Blue 609 ft 2,857 ft 21° 12° S Poor
Lower Snowshoe Blue 203 ft 765 ft 21° 16° SW Poor
Marmot Blue 539 ft 2,646 ft 21° 12° NW Average
Lower Castle Blue 109 ft 372 ft 20° 17° W Average
Skipper Blue 374 ft 2,595 ft 19° 9° N Good
Aspen West Green 252 ft 1,182 ft 18° 12° N Good
Lower Sleighride Green 241 ft 1,564 ft 18° 9° N Average
Sugar n' Spice Green 1,573 ft 12,843 ft 18° 7° W Below average
Aspen Green 303 ft 1,336 ft 17° 13° NW Good
Bear Green 108 ft 1,955 ft 16° 4° NW Below average
Marten Green 63 ft 283 ft 16° 13° W Below average
Pika Blue 80 ft 599 ft 15° 8° W Below average
Bashful Blue 399 ft 1,901 ft 15° 12° N Good
Rerun Black 300 ft 4,621 ft 15° 5° W Below average
The Alley Green 212 ft 1,587 ft 15° 8° SE Poor
Corkscrew Green 210 ft 1,256 ft 15° 10° NW Average
Royal Trail Green 43 ft 540 ft 14° 5° NW Below average
Upper Main Green 308 ft 1,885 ft 13° 9° N Average
Echo Green 70 ft 595 ft 13° 7° NW Below average
Broadway Green 137 ft 1,041 ft 12° 8° NE Below average
Upper Snowshoe Green 261 ft 2,386 ft 12° 6° SW Poor
Lobo Blue 39 ft 397 ft 12° 6° SW Poor
Spur Green 56 ft 365 ft 11° 9° NE Average
Easy Street Green 53 ft 802 ft 7° 4° N Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.