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High Yellow Face at Palisades Tahoe

Expert · 508 m long with 163 m of vertical, averaging 18° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
508 mlength
163 mvertical
2534 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

High Yellow Face 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 High Yellow Face

Lifts that reach the top: Sherwood Express (skiing expert terrain to get there); Summit Six (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sherwood Express
  2. Ski Sherwood Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Counterweight Gully (expert)
  4. Ski Our Father (expert)
  5. Ski High Yellow Face (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Deer Camp, High Yellow Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpine Bowl (2 min), Scott (4 min), Yellow (4 min).

See High Yellow Face 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.