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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):

  1. Ride Yellow
  2. 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).

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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.