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Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley is a ski area in California, United States with 67 km of mapped downhill runs and 27 lifts, between 1,889 m and 2,663 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 67 km
- Lifts
- 27
- Top elevation
- 2,663 m
- Vertical drop
- 774 m
- Nearest airport
- TKF · 17 km
Slopes by difficulty
108 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 20 Chairlifts
- 6 Magic carpets
- 1 Cable cars
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley is a ski area in California, the United States. Its 108 mapped downhill runs add up to 67 km, which ranks it #33 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 619 m long.
Slopes at Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
About 13% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 43% advanced or expert, which makes Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 27 lifts: 20 chairlifts, 6 magic carpets, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,889 m up to 2,663 m, a vertical drop of 774 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 17 km away in a straight line — roughly 22 minutes by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 53 km away. Nearby ski areas include Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows (37.9 km), Granlibakken Ski Resort (0.2 km), Northstar at Tahoe Resort (83.1 km) and Christmas Tree Homesites, which together add 195 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
- 1 TKF17 kmstraight line
- 2Reno Tahoe International AirportRNO53 kmstraight lineReno, United States
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- 3Sacramento International AirportSMF129 kmstraight lineSacramento, United States
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- 4 SCK168 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
- 4 kmPalisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows38 km of slopes · 17 lifts · up to 2,588 m
- 9 kmGranlibakken Ski Resort0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,997 m
- 12 kmNorthstar at Tahoe Resort83 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 2,625 m
- 14 kmChristmas Tree Homesitesup to 2,317 m
- 14 kmHomewood Ski Area35 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,402 m
- 14 kmSugar Bowl Resort39 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 2,550 m
- 14 kmHomewood Mountain ResortSmall ski area
- 16 kmDonner Ski Ranch18 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,363 m
- 18 kmTahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area8.7 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,219 m
- 18 kmBoreal Mountain Resort14 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,346 m
- 18 kmTahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area5 lifts · up to 2,219 m
- 18 kmSoda Springs6.9 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,227 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.