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Ray's Rut at Palisades Tahoe

Intermediate · 996 m long with 86 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 12° at its steepest, facing S.

12°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
996 mlength
86 mvertical
2266 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Ray's Rut is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Ray's Rut

Lifts that reach the top: Treeline Cirque Lower (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sherwood Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Treeline Cirque Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Sherwood Express
  2. Ski Sherwood Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Maid Marion (intermediate)
  4. Ski Return Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Reily's Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Ray's Rut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Sherwood Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sherwood Express (1 min).

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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.