Lower Rock Garden at Palisades Tahoe
Intermediate · 203 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 21° at its steepest, facing E.
21°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
203 mlength
51 mvertical
2340 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Lower Rock Garden is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Lower Rock Garden
Lifts that reach the top: 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 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Roundhouse
- Ski Rock Garden (intermediate)
- Ski Lower Rock Garden (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Upper Loop Road, Loop Road, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpine Bowl (1 min), Scott (2 min), Yellow (3 min).
See Lower Rock Garden on the 3D mapAll runs at Palisades TahoeMeasured 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.