Kirkwood
Posted by: 
Scoobert
N 38° 42.033 W 120° 04.627
10S E 754185 N 4287602
Alpine ski resort and year round fun with picturesque views in the Sierra Nevadas just south of Lake Tahoe in CA. Since it sets by itself off the high volume roadways, it has much more of an alpine feel to it and much smaller crowds than it's other Lake Tahoe counterpart resorts.
Waymark Code: WMA0J
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2006
Views: 55
Some mountain facts:
Base elevation: 7800 feet, Peak elevation 9800 feet
12 lifts with over 65 trails and 2300 skiable acres
Some
UNIQUE AND INTERESTING mountain facts:
Avg yearly snowfall: over 500 inches! This pocket of the Sierra's tends to average 50 - 100 inches more snowfall than the other nearby Tahoe resorts. It is also the most average snowfall in the continental U.S. They have snow making capacity but rarely need to use it!
Last year topped 800 inches for the season. This year it's over 750 inches already with almost another month of the season left. 250 inches of snow fell in March alone.
Avg % Sunny days: 70% - Good news for all you fair weather skiers. Typical pattern is huge storms dumping large quantities of snow and then bluebird skies once the storm lets up.
You can view the resort's web cam
here.
While you are there, you may also want to visit
WM44J since it doesn't seem to come up on my search or even
GCMZEV.