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The Alley

Green Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical212 ft
Length1,587 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top8,106 ft

The Alley drops 212 vertical feet over 1,587 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces southeast.

How well The Alley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, The Alley gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,110 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Alley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Alley elsewhere

Nearby at Sierra-At-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.