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Return Road at Palisades Tahoe

Intermediate · 664 m long with 74 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 13° at its steepest, facing N.

13°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
664 mlength
74 mvertical
2363 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Return Road is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Return Road

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

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sherwood Express
  2. Ski Sherwood Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Maid Marion (intermediate)
  4. Ski Return Road (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Weasel Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Scott (2 min), Yellow (2 min).

See Return Road 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.