Palisades Tahoe 3D terrain model

About this model

Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada, hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics. Its granite peaks and steep bowls ring the valley like an amphitheatre.

The frame is 10 km across, centred on 39.1950° N, 120.2550° W. Open it in the editor to change the style, exaggerate the height, turn it into a circle, or move the frame — then download it for your 3D printer, as a poster or as a 360° video.

Elevation

Highest point

2,751 m9,026 ft

Lowest point

1,825 m5,988 ft

Relief

926 mtop to bottom

Average height

2,234 macross the frame

Area

10 × 10 km100 km²

Highest point at

39.1983° N, 120.2870° Wfrom the elevation data

Measured on the same elevation grid as the model (Terrain Tiles, AWS Open Data). Summit heights can read a little lower than surveyed ones because each sample averages a small area.