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Lower Sympathy at Palisades Tahoe

Advanced · 844 m long with 130 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing N.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
844 mlength
130 mvertical
2305 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Sympathy 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 Lower Sympathy

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):

  1. Ride Yellow
  2. Ski Dancefloor (Red Trail) (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Sympathy (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sandy's Corner, Dancefloor (Red Trail). Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Six (2 min), Roundhouse (2 min), Kangaroo (2 min).

See Lower Sympathy 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.