Upper Loop Road at Palisades Tahoe
Intermediate · 223 m long with 40 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 13° at its steepest, facing SE.
13°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
223 mlength
40 mvertical
2329 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Upper Loop Road is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Upper Loop Road
Lifts that reach the top: Yellow (skiing novice 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, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Yellow
- Ski Upper Loop Road (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Loop Road, Lower Rock Garden, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpine Bowl (1 min), Scott (2 min), Yellow (3 min).
See Upper Loop Road on the 3D mapAll runs at Palisades TahoeMeasured 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.