Kirkwood Snow Report.

February 28, 2014 at 9:30 AM

Heavy Snow

Current Temp

25

Wind

25

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Today's Forecast

Updated @0500: Snow. High near 36. Light southeast wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 8 to 14 inches possible.

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Short-Term Weather Outlook

Updated @0500: Weather Discussion: Scattered showers are still in place across the region early this afternoon while snow levels are hanging around lake level. Shower coverage should decrease a little more this afternoon although over the higher terrain near the crest, snowy conditions may persist. Lower elevation areas should see some rain showers this afternoon as snow levels continue to climb. After a brief break in the action this evening, steady precipitation is forecast to spread across the region again around midnight tonight from the next larger/stronger storm system which is nearing the state from the west this afternoon. Once rain/snow develops, periods of rain/snow should persist all day tomorrow with snowfall totals across the higher terrain likely more than the previous system even as the bulk of the precipitation impacts the Central State. Snow levels do look like they will be a little higher with this system (~7000ft). Over a foot of near snow is likely above 7000ft feet tomorrow. Showers will begin winding down by tomorrow night with only a few lingering showers Saturday morning but still likely producing a couple of inches of snow across the region. The low is forecast to drop south Saturday afternoon and weaken allowing high pressure to build inland heading into Sunday. Forecast models then have the storm track to lift northward into the Pacific Northwest. With this scenario, most storm activity should stay along the North Coast and in Oregon but models have been hinting at it dropping a little further south bringing a chance of some rain & snow to the region midweek.

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Snow Stats

	Base	Summit
Last 24 Hours	4"	6"	Last 7 Days	16"
Last 48 Hours	16"	22"	Seasonal Total Range	182"-256""
Storm Total	16"	22"	Base Depth	67"

The data for this real-time snow and weather report is obtained directly from the snow weather plots at Kirkwood Mountain Resort and the surrounding areas. Snow totals and snow accumulation are consistently 15 to 20% more than reported as a result of wind, micro squalls and snow loading. Weather patterns at Kirkwood Mountain Resort are exceedingly difficult to predict – when venturing into the mountain, be prepared for rapid, dramatic weather changes.

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Surface Conditions

Powder / Skier & Rider Packed / Machine groomed

Road Conditions: R2

Hwy. 88 via Tahoe:	Updated as of 0500 as reported by Cal Trans: CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 6.5 MI EAST OF PEDDLER HILL (AMADOR CO) TO PICKETTS JCT (ALPINE CO)
Hwy. 88 via Jackson:	Updated as of 0500 as reported by Cal Trans: CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 6.5 MI EAST OF PEDDLER HILL (AMADOR CO) TO PICKETTS JCT (ALPINE CO)

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Lift Operations

Lift		Status	Groomed Runs
#1 SnowKirk		Open	Hay Flat, SnowKirk
#2 Caples Crest		Open	Flying Carpet, Whiskey Slide
#3 Iron Horse		Closed
#4 Sunrise		Closed
#5 Solitude		Open	Home Run, Mokelumne, Lower Zachary, Lower Monte Wolfe, Outlaw Park, Lower Olympic, Lower Lookout Janek
#6 Cornice Express		Snow safety	Sentinel, Zachary, Stump Run
#7 TC Express		Open	Home Run, Bandit Park, Hole N Wall, Up N Over, Jane's Jaunt, Squirrel Ridge, Jambi's Jaunt
#9 Bunny		Open	Graduation, Funny Bunny, School Run
#10 Wagon Wheel "The Wall"		Snow safety
#11 The Reut		Open	Wagon Trail, Conestoga, Shotgun, Caples Crest Traverse, Buckboard
#14 Vista		Closed
#15 Covered Wagon		Closed

Lifts open from 9am-4pm.

* Lifts 12 & 13 are our Magic Carpets at Timber Creek. These are for exclusive use by the Tahoe Learning Center during lessons and not open to the public.

* Lift operation is dependent on weather conditions and snow safety and therefore subject to change at any time.

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High Angle Grooming

Shotgun, Conestoga, Sentinel, Zachary

Open Bowls

Button, Happiness Is, Sunrise, Conestoga, Headwater, Thunder Saddle, Devil's Draw, Palisades, Wagon Wheel, Eagle Bowl, Sentinel

Expedition: Kirkwood

Expedition:Kirkwood AIARE Level 1 - A three day introduction course to the avalanche phenomena. Students will develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a trip, understand basic decision making while in the field, and learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person. View Dates: Feb 25 - Feb 27 Cost: $315 Time: 9am to 3pm Info/Res: 209.258.7360

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Parks & Pipes

Outlaw (Chair 5)	Open
Bandit (Chair 7)	Open

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Timber Creek Learning Center Open

Timber Creek is open, This includes Timber Creek Retail, Rentals, Ski and Ride School, as well as, Timber Creek Cafe.

Mountain Village Open

Kirkwood Mountain Sports Retail - 8:30am - 4:30pm Kirkwood Mountain Sports Village Rentals - 8:30am - 4:30pm Kirkwood Mountain Sports Demo Center - 8:30am - 4:30pm M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm Sat/Sun Expedition Kirkwood/Ski and Ride School - 8am - 4:30pm The Edge Tuning Center 8:30 - 4:30 Monday - Friday Village Ticket Office - 8:00am. - 4:30pm K-Bar - 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monte Wolfes - 8:00am - 4:30pm Off the Wall Bar - Friday, Saturday - 11:00am - 9:00pm Off the Wall Bar - Sunday 11:00am - 5:00pm

Kirkwood Cross Country & Snowshoe Center Open

Our Cross Country center is open with 70 kilometers of groomed. Trails to Schneider Camp are now open up to Coyote pass. We also have 5 miles of Snowshoe specific trails available. We offer both group & private lessons daily, lessons start at 10:30 and 1:30 daily. Don't miss our Sunset guided snowshoe hike on Saturday March 1st. Please give us a call for info and reservations @ 209.258.7248.