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East Creek at Palisades Tahoe

Intermediate · 551 m long with 122 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing NW.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
551 mlength
122 mvertical
2283 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to East Creek

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

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sherwood Express
  2. Ski Sherwood Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Maid Marion (intermediate)
  4. Ski Return Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Weasel Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski East Creek (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Weasel Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Scott (1 min), Yellow (1 min).

See East Creek on the 3D mapAll 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.