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Skip's Plunge at Tahoe Donner Downhill

Advanced · 299 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
299 mlength
87 mvertical
2178 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Skip's Plunge is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Skip's Plunge

Lifts that reach the top: Eagle Rock Chairlift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eagle Rock Chairlift
  2. Ski Scarlets (intermediate)
  3. Ski Dart (intermediate)
  4. Ski Skip's Plunge (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Mile Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Eagle Rock Chairlift (1 min), Snowbird Chairlift (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

See Skip's Plunge on the 3D mapAll runs at Tahoe Donner Downhill
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.