Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley

2,288 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,204 ft to a summit of 8,492 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,288

ft vertical

6,204

ft base

8,492

ft summit

uphill lifts

5,027

footprint acres

3D terrain render of Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley with the
current HRRR snowfall forecast painted on the mountain — The mountain as measured: USGS 3DEP terrain under USGS orthoimagery, rendered from the slope's own mean aspect, with the HRRR forecast painted by elevation band and the snow line drawn on the terrain. Updated each forecast cycle.

The column

6 bands · base to summit

6,000–6,500411 ac · 11.2° · SE970 mm

6,500–7,000947 ac · 19.9° · SSE1,025 mm

7,000–7,5001,271 ac · 24.7° · SE1,075 mm

7,500–8,0001,483 ac · 20.4° · ESE1,226 mm

8,000–8,500803 ac · 20.9° · ESE1,246 mm

8,500–9,000112 ac · 24.3° · ESE1,440 mm

under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation

Bands: 6
All lifts: 24
Lift length: 26.0 km
Steepest band: 24.7°
Operator: —
Coordinates: 39.1794, -120.2440

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal

Band (ft)	Acres	Slope°	Rating	Aspect	Deg	NDJFM mm
6,000–6,500	411	11.2	easier	SE	146	970
6,500–7,000	947	19.9	more difficult	SSE	154	1,025
7,000–7,500	1,271	24.7	more difficult	SE	137	1,075
7,500–8,000	1,483	20.4	more difficult	ESE	117	1,226
8,000–8,500	803	20.9	more difficult	ESE	110	1,246
8,500–9,000	112	24.3	more difficult	ESE	113	1,440

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station

Palisades Tahoe SNOTEL (784:CA:SNTL) is 2.2 km away at 8,010 ft — 482 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows 3 km Homewood Ski Area 13 km Northstar at Tahoe Resort 13 km Donner Ski Ranch 16 km Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area 19 km Boreal Mountain Resort 19 km

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Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley

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How this mountain gets scored

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