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Yellow Cliffs at Palisades Tahoe

Advanced · 410 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 10° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
410 mlength
72 mvertical
2255 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Yellow Cliffs 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 Yellow Cliffs

Lifts that reach the top: Yellow (skiing intermediate 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, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Yellow
  2. Ski Red Ridge (intermediate)
  3. Ski Yellow Cliffs (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Red Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Scott (1 min), Yellow (1 min), Summit Six (3 min).

See Yellow Cliffs 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.