Kirkwood Opening Day [Yesterday] Video:

Kirkwood opened for the 2013/14 winter season yesterday with one chair and two trails open.  It looks like it was a good groomer day at the ‘wood.

Kirkwood is one of only 4Tahoe ski resorts open right now (Boreal, Northstar, Heavenly).  Squaw is going to open on Wednesday bringing the number to 4.  We’re all hoping for the possible storm that might come next week.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
249 PM PST MON NOV 25 2013

ANOTHER STORM IS PROJECTED TO BRING A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER EARLY
NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLY BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BRING VERY COLD AIR AND, IF IT TAKES THE RIGHT TRACK, DECENT SNOW
AMOUNTS FOR THE SIERRA.

MODELS ARE IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY THAT AN INITIAL UPPER
LEVEL WAVE IN THE ARCTIC WILL SLIDE DOWN THE GULF OF ALASKA COAST
AND BRING A LARGE SCALE TROUGH TO THE NORTHERN STATES NEXT WEEK.
WESTERN NEVADA WILL BE ON THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE TROUGH SO
RELATIVELY SMALL CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE TROUGH WILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IT WILL BRING.

Lets hope the storm comes through.