Hot Wheels Gully at Palisades Tahoe
Advanced · 479 m long with 94 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.
21°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
479 mlength
94 mvertical
2267 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Hot Wheels Gully is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Hot Wheels Gully
Lifts that reach the top: Yellow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Roundhouse (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Six (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sherwood Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Yellow
- Ski Upper Weasel One (intermediate)
- Ski Hot Wheels Gully (advanced)
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.