Conditions Report
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The ski season rolls on and continues to impress with additional snow and new terrain openings. With snowfall totals close to 300 inches on the upper mountain, on some parts of the hill, cliffs and features at Kirkwood have all but disappeared that were above the surface just two weeks prior. That’s just plain crazy!
We started our day like any other…sessioning all aspects of Chair 6 like Chamoix, Oops & Poops, The Funnel and The Fingers and then moving on toward Chair 10 to eventually make our way to the Backside. On virtually every aspect, the snow around the mountain was perfectly smooth and chalky. Around mid-day we ventured into Boulevard Chute yielding bomber snow and an aesthetic line. The only gripe of the day was the flat-light encompassing our travels around the ski field, however, the fun terrain and strong crew made every run a pleasure to endure.
The forecast is calling for more snow…
Gracias El Nino!
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The Carson Spur is finally looking like its normal self…
Snowbank game is strong on this high mountain pass of California…
The upper mountain is CAKED…
Aaron Miller drops into The Funnel while the sun says hello…
Aaron is a very technical skier…even though he’s older than death itself
Bevan Waite drops the knee to let his soul reign free…
This kid likes to jump off everything…so he’s ok in my books.
I followed Bevan’s line and it worked out beautifully…
Bevan loves showing others that his heels aren’t connected…
We played around The Fingers for a few runs since its been years since we’ve actually had snow…
The Northern Knuckle needed some tracks, so I packed it down…
The snow was fast and smooth all over the mountain…
Back on Chair 6, Oops and Poops was still skiing well…
Bevan prefers that he goes inverted on every jump…
Who doesn’t like to carve at high-speed back to the lift?…
The Kirkwood valley and beyond is covered in winter…
Wagon Wheel Bowl and The Fingers have snow…
Fun features were found under Norm’s Nose…
This is what a crew of idiots looks like…
Bevan skis a safe line above Sushi Roll in the West Shore area of Kirkwood…
Dan finally showed up on time to ski with us…
Don, as an experienced surfer that skis, can get rather low…
Dan rolls beautifully into Boulevard Chute…
Bevan makes his ‘tele-approach’…
Bevan enjoyed himself on his descent…
The author was there and took the least amount of turns…
Peak 9795 looking glorious as the sun peaks through the high clouds…
The Temple of Doom is a magical area with ice-fall cliffs into powder…
Dan went for some air…
Don was instructed to air off the spine…
Back on Chair 6, I explored Oops Spine for the first time this season…
My son had never ridden Chair 10 ‘The Wall,’ so after JETS, we went for it…
Dad was nervous and proud at the same time and ultimately, the first descent was a success!
Oh Califonia…where its green in the Winter and brown in the Summer…
AND THERE’S MORE SNOW IN THE FORECAST!
BYE…
Pleasuredome, indeed! Nice work.
why is the cover shot of the Kirkwood conditions report not of Kirkwood ski resort? maybe show Chamonix? that would put quite a spin on things.
That is Kirkwood…
Its out of bounds, where all (only) the good skiing at KW is.
Spectacular conditions report as always Casey!