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Horsetail at Sierra-at-Tahoe

Advanced · 798 m long with 239 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m

17°average pitch

798 mlength

239 mvertical

2409 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Horsetail

No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.

Where it ends

Joins Bashful, Lower Bashful.

See Horsetail on the 3D map All runs at Sierra-at-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.