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The Face at Palisades Tahoe

Advanced · 309 m long with 134 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

35°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
309 mlength
134 mvertical
2387 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to The Face

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Six (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Six
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski D8 (advanced)
  4. Ski Wolverine (advanced)
  5. Ski The Face (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Ultraviolet, Werner's Schuss, Kangaroo Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Six (2 min), Roundhouse (2 min), Kangaroo (2 min).

See The Face 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.