Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows is a ski area in California, the United States. Its 94 mapped downhill runs add up to 38 km, which ranks it #71 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 403 m long.

Slopes at Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows

About 4% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 73% intermediate and 23% advanced or expert, which makes Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 17 lifts: 13 chairlifts, 2 gondolas, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,897 m up to 2,588 m, a vertical drop of 691 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows

The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 20 km away in a straight line — roughly 26 minutes by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 56 km away. Nearby ski areas include Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley (66.8 km), Granlibakken Ski Resort (0.2 km), Homewood Ski Area (34.7 km) and Homewood Mountain Resort, which together add 185 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.