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Counterweight Gully at Palisades Tahoe

Expert · 141 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 39° at its steepest, facing NW.

39°steepest 50 m

30°average pitch

141 mlength

81 mvertical

2448 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Counterweight 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 Counterweight Gully

Lifts that reach the top: Sherwood Express (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, expert skiing needed):

Ride Sherwood Express
Ski Counterweight Gully (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Sherwood Cliffs.

See Counterweight Gully on the 3D map All runs at Palisades Tahoe

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.