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Expert's Shortcut at Palisades Tahoe

Advanced · 186 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.

28°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
186 mlength
83 mvertical
2400 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Expert's Shortcut is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Expert's Shortcut

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

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

  1. Ride Sherwood Express
  2. Ski Sherwood Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Expert's Shortcut (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Return Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Treeline Cirque Upper (1 min), Scott (2 min), Yellow (3 min).

See Expert's Shortcut 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.