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Clear Gully at Palisades Tahoe

Freeride · 72 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 39° and 40° at its steepest, facing NW.

40°steepest 50 m
39°average pitch
72 mlength
59 mvertical
2424 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Clear Gully is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Clear Gully

Lifts that reach the top: Treeline Cirque Upper (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sherwood Express (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Treeline Cirque Lower
  2. Ride Treeline Cirque Upper
  3. Ski Clear Gully (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Sherwood Cliffs.

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.