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Face Cliffs at Palisades Tahoe

Expert · 66 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 38° and 40° at its steepest, facing NE.

40°steepest 50 m
38°average pitch
66 mlength
51 mvertical
2370 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Face Cliffs

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Six (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Six
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski D8 (advanced)
  4. Ski Wolverine (advanced)
  5. Ski Face Cliffs (expert)
See Face Cliffs 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.