Off The Beaten Path

Powder Falls At Kirkwood - 19th January 2005

Kirkwood, CA – Kirkwood is serving up the breakfast of champions this weekend – bowls full of powder for all to consume! The resort is 100% open with all 2,300 acres available; terrain is in immaculate shape from top to bottom. Base depths range from 126-216 inches; season to date totals are 196-349 inches.

For those who like it fast and steep, Kirkwood’s High Angle Grooming program will have them looking down some of the steepest groomed terrain in Lake Tahoe, with several black and double black diamond runs covered in wall to wall corduroy. Kirkwood’s legendary off-piste terrain such as Wagon Wheel Bowl, the Palisades and Thunder Saddle are all deep and soft and beckoning to the adventurous set to explore! For all levels, Kirkwood’s uncrowded slopes lend a sense of privacy and seclusion.

Sign up for Powder Cat Tours Cat Skiing, Steeps Ski Clinic, Snowboard Camp and the Daily Expedition by calling (209) 258-7360; space is limited. Weekend Junior Expeditions also available for adventurous teens, strong intermediate and up; space extremely limited.

All three terrain parks are open with features for all levels of the freestyle set - gentle rollers and banked turns in Adventureland (Chair 9), low to the snow rails and fun boxes in the DC Playground (Chair 7), and the monster Mountain Dew Superpipe, along with a full blown rail yard and a series of high flying hits in the DC Stomping Grounds (Chair 5).