Palisades Tahoe, CA Review: Better with the Gondola?

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An in-depth video review of Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows), a destination ski resort located in California's Lake Tahoe region. Filmed on multiple occasions between May 2019 and January 2024.
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0:00 Intro
0:53 Size
1:17 Resort Sides and Base-to-Base Gondola
2:28 Beginner Terrain
3:28 Intermediate Terrain
4:13 Terrain Parks
4:40 Advanced Terrain
5:14 Expert and Extreme Terrain
5:43 Hike-To and Traverse-Accessed Terrain
6:08 Snow Quality and Resiliency
7:47 Ease of Navigation
8:21 Crowd Flow
8:50 Lifts
9:23 On-Mountain Facilities
9:59 Getting There
10:27 Parking
11:24 Access Road Traffic
11:43 Lodging
12:05 Aprés-Ski
12:41 Verdict
13:12 Pricing
13:41 Score Breakdown and Rank
Overall Mountain Score: 72/100 - #2 in California
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Snow: 7/10
Resiliency: 5/10
Size: 9/10
Terrain Diversity: 8/10
Challenge: 10/10
Lifts: 7/10
Crowd Flow: 5/10
Facilities: 6/10
Navigation: 6/10
Mountain Aesthetic: 9/10
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@herkatron 3 месяца назад

I just skied here from 2/12-2/17 consecutively. It was my first time skiing outside the eastern United States, and damn was it awesome!!

@johnb5482 3 месяца назад

I learned to ski at Alpine Meadows 50 years ago next month. AM will always have a soft place in my heart.

@livelikeitslegal 3 месяца назад

I'm an outlier and actually enjoy palisades mountain run. Top to bottom it is one of the longest without really any cat tracking and some sollid 45- 90 degree turns that are really fun with the throttle to the floor. All the other stuff still stokes the stoke but I really only got to palisades for full throttle top to bottom laps.

@herkatron 3 месяца назад

Right? Also there are several fun bowls with rocks and moguls off of Mountain Run. Quite fun.

@josephstratemeier8619 3 месяца назад

It's worth noting that I-80 can be a pretty difficult drive, especially when it's snowing or at night. Lots of semis, narrow, and not much lighting. Driving from Reno is much easier.

@BoschVoyage 3 месяца назад

Something feels off with Palisades only ranked 20th. Some minor score adjustments: Mountain aesthetics should be a 10/10 (it’s one of the most recognizable mountains and has lake views) and terrain diversity with Alpine is a place for everyone and should be a 9/10, giving the mountain an overall score of 74, ranking the mountain 12th overall!

@PeakRankings 2 месяца назад

Thanks for your feedback! While it’s certainly stunning, our take is it doesn’t have the same one-of-kind feel or lake views as some other competing mountains, hence our score of 9. On terrain diversity, we arrived at a score of 8 due to the lack of longer runs and limited lower-level terrain on the Palisades side. Hope this helps!

@mbtravel7294 19 дней назад

Just got back after a 26 inch dump May 4... Amazing 🙂❄️❄️❄️❄️

@stevenluethje1356 3 месяца назад

Skied both Squaw (Palisades) and Alpine for decades - every terrain, then fell in love with Sugar Bowl and the small crowds and never went back.

@henrykullberg8091 2 месяца назад

Be quiet, we are gatekeeping this

@nick7462 Месяц назад

I had some of my best days at Sugar Bowl. Couple easy hikes and you can access some amazing 'hidden' terrain too

@ryno7437 День назад

Went to sugar bowl for the first time ever this season on a powder day during the week and had a blast in the trees over in the crows nest

@fb39ca4 3 месяца назад

"no serious traffic" 😂

@rogerkoppert3597 3 месяца назад

Size discrepancy of 6000 to 4000 acres addressed at 14:12

@rainmaker3700 3 месяца назад

It's awesome!

@comesatime123 3 месяца назад

Well done, just one addition, both the funitel and tram can download skiers from palisades upper mountain beginner terrain.

@grizzkid795 18 дней назад

I mapped the resort out and was quite lenient with the boundaries and came up with 4500 acres, but I think your 4000 acre footprint is more accurate. And like you said, much of the terrain, especially at Alpine requires hiking. Also, some terrain such as Silverado and Alpine's hike to bowls are closed a majority of the season due to either lack of snow, avalanche, ice, corn preservation, wind, visibility, or who knows what.

@VictorCaoCA 3 месяца назад

If you're flying into a major airport on the west side, you should really fly into Sacramento; not San Francisco. SF is always under construction. SMF has port of entry status as an international airport. It's a destination airport from a business perspective, so there should be several flights that fly direct or connect in.

@random_stuff_channel Месяц назад

I'd like to point out that Palisades Tahoe is over 6000 acres in size, since the gondola. Not 4000 acres.

@tylerdinner6673 3 месяца назад

Love these videos. but this one seems to really downplay the blues on Palisades side. They're some of the best on any mountain I've been to. Incredible terrain diversity for intermediate runs.

@christopherseverett 2 месяца назад

Squaw Valley is a great resort no matter what your skiing level or style is. Moutain Run is crowded at times but not worse than most CO resorts. Lifts are good and gondola is waaay better than riding the buses.

@Cleetus1397 3 месяца назад

I wish I could go there, meanwhile I have to ski on dirt in Minnesota rn😭😭

@nikdahl6689 3 месяца назад

Imagine world without snowmaking

@Brosef336 3 месяца назад

Same down here in NC😭

@Llb77hsj777 3 месяца назад

at least you have ice, in texas we dont even got water

@bayareagooner Месяц назад

Love the B2B but crowds seem to gravitate heavily to Olympic Valley side more now which works as someone who skis Alpine 75% of the time and KT 25%

@kingjulian420 3 месяца назад

4:37 Is that really a slowzone directly after a jump?

@PeakRankings 3 месяца назад

Good eye!

@acecharlie229 3 месяца назад

just planned a trip that involved keystone so i went to see if you had a video on it and there wasnt one, is this one in the plans?

@tatum8659 3 месяца назад

I love both Alpine and Palisades, and I cant wait to go in a month!! Love the vid!! What camera do you guys use?!?

@herkatron 3 месяца назад

It’s gonna be great!!

@PeakRankings 2 месяца назад

Thanks! This was mostly filmed with a GoPro Hero 7.

@LFGLife 2 месяца назад

Going to Palisades on Sunday to hit up the slopes on Monday-Wed. Dropped everything for this super storm and spent all my airline miles to make it happen. Stoked af!

@randomsockpuppet 3 месяца назад

are you guys still gonna make that “preparing for double blacks” video mentioned in a community post a couple weeks ago? Would love to see it

@PeakRankings 3 месяца назад

We will definitely have it at some point, but are juggling its priority against some other really exciting topics!

@envisitu 3 месяца назад

What skis do you use to film these videos?

@JustinUrban1 2 месяца назад

Is it worth going there in early April?

@Bluebottlenose 3 месяца назад

I just like it because it’s an engineering marvel

@thelamma6670 3 месяца назад

Please do Sun Peaks

@garygech 2 месяца назад

Red Dog Trees tops it over as the best Resort in California, despite my love of Heavenly and Kirkwood and Sugar Bowl. The biggest limitation is that there is very little intermediate skiing. Having said that KT is the best single lift in the nation, one lift from the base, boom, tremendous terrain. Chute 75 and Rock Garden are fantastic along with the Alternates. And the terrain in the backsides of Alpine is very expansive. Key upgrades needed to be #1 in the nation are the lift access, Granite Chief and Scotts Chair needs modernization, along with Silverado. The snow quality is excellent if you consider March and April, when everyone is closing, the first two weeks of April at Squaw are warm and fantastic. For younger skiers there is no nightlife, but for families, lots of kids, so it is great.

@PaulSanz63 3 месяца назад

Got Epic pass and really considering the difference between Northstar and Pallisades. Can you give your input on terrain for snowboarding considered moguls suck for us?

@borpus9716 2 месяца назад

I haven’t rode Squaw/Alpine but from what I’ve heard they have much gnarlier stuff than Northstar and generally steeper pitches, more akin to Kirkwood but twice the size with longer runs and probably more offerings for different level riders.

@patrickvoosen4797 3 месяца назад

How is Palisades second when it has the same score as Mammoth? Seems like a two-way tie for first.

@PeakRankings 2 месяца назад

We broke the tie based on Mammoth’s higher quality snow.

@MachoTaco24 3 месяца назад

How long until you guys get to New Hampshire mountains?

@PeakRankings 2 месяца назад

Some of our written reviews are up on the site now! Loon: www.peakrankings.com/content/loon Cannon: www.peakrankings.com/content/cannon

@archstanton_live Месяц назад

Don't come here. If you are coming from SoCal, go to Mammoth, it is a most excellent mountain and resort and is easier to get to. If you are coming from central CA check out Kirkwood, it has excellent terrain and an intimate atmosphere. If mom wants to take the kids skiing and dad wants to drink and gamble: Heavenly is your perfect combination. If you live in Reno, you already know that Mt Rose is the place to be. Palisades is expensive, if you have a family it will cost you your first-born male child to ski here. I'll see you on the Mothership.

@joshphillips3738 3 месяца назад

Squaw valley.

@robruf 3 месяца назад

Love your content, one little thing that always kind of irks me, is at the end of the videos when you put up the final score on the comparison chart, the numbers for the resorts are not centered underneath the column titles. They are off to the left of the titles. Would look better if they were centered.

@justing7953 3 месяца назад

High camp >>>>>>>>>> snow ventures. Avoid snow ventures

@alamedasims 2 месяца назад

Oh it’s definitely better with the gondola, you can just jump on with no wait and no walk out to the parking lot.

@counterfit5 3 месяца назад

Bicable gondolas might be unique in North America, but they're not uncommon in Europe

@pistepickers 3 месяца назад

I'm so sorry but something about the way he says "funitel" just has me cackling

@RCPhotosVideos 3 месяца назад

You are sleeping on the Idaho resorts.

@feigbuneogmlwefger9402 3 месяца назад

Here we go here we go, Andy hays sighting in the intro. Haven’t watched the video but the base to base is pointless imo. There was already a shuttle between the two mountains, really just a marketing gimmick

@Bluebottlenose 3 месяца назад

No, gondolas are much cooler than buses, also better for the environment.

@alexandrlarson7252 3 месяца назад

Yea having to walk to through the village then wait for the shuttle does not compare to hoping on a gondola, on the rare days the gondola is actually running…

@KT-22_run 3 месяца назад

The gondola is much better than the shuttle. No ifs and buts about it.

@dhowe5180 3 месяца назад

I like the B2B. Very scenic trip up and over KT22 and no schlepping to the shuttle stops. I think it’s also quicker since you don’t have to wait for the shuttle. Also, I think the plan is to add terrain on the backside of KT

@herkatron 3 месяца назад

Heck no. The Gondola is awesome, feels like just another lift in some ways.

@verdantj.brennan4900 3 месяца назад

6000 acres not 4000. Took me 2 seconds to check that. How is there such a big difference in your measurement?

@ebrbrbrbrbr 3 месяца назад

He literally addressed it in the video lol

@PeakRankings 3 месяца назад

The extra 2,000 acres that Palisades Tahoe claims is not skiable. We manually measured the acreage ourselves, and found the Olympic Valley side to have 2,450 skiable acres, while the Alpine Meadows side has 1,580 skiable acres. See our work for yourself: tinyurl.com/palisades-tahoe-area-map

@correctopinionhaver 3 месяца назад

@@PeakRankingsnot skiable as in legally not skiable or not worth it

@PeakRankings 3 месяца назад

@@correctopinionhaver not actually within the bounds of the ski resort. While we haven't been able to officially confirm the source of the 6,000-acre metric, resorts often include all the "acres" that are within their Special Use Permit (SUP) to pump up their size claim. So places like the massive, unskiable rocks next to the Funitel are probably included.

@garygech 2 месяца назад

You are still very generous in your assessments. Sun bowl areas are not that skiable below the trail cut off, and the area of Beaver Bowl and the Area off Ward Peak is only skiable by high level experts. Silverado is great, rarely open. The RedDog Trees, only for high level experts.@@PeakRankings