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Sympathy Face at Palisades Tahoe

Advanced · 622 m long with 93 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m

9°average pitch

622 mlength

93 mvertical

2380 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

Sympathy Face 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 Sympathy Face

Lifts that reach the top: Roundhouse (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Six (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Yellow (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Sherwood Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Roundhouse
Ski Werner's Schuss (intermediate)
Ski Sympathy Face (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Werner's Schuss, Wolverine, Ultraviolet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Six (3 min), Roundhouse (3 min), Kangaroo (3 min).

See Sympathy Face on the 3D map All 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.