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Kirkwood at 2377 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 9 am (local time) / 01 Jan 2026
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mod. snow | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | mod. snow | mod. snow | light snow | mod. snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | |
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max °C | 0 | -1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -1 | -2 | -5 |
min °C | -1 | -2 | -5 | 1 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -5 | -7 | -2 | -7 | -8 |
-8 | -9 | -9 | -4 | -12 | -12 | -8 | -10 | -11 | -11 | -12 | -12 | -10 | -11 | -13 | -2 | -12 | -14 | |
99 | 98 | 86 | 56 | 57 | 92 | 98 | 98 | 91 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 82 | 78 | 93 | |
2600 | 2300 | 1900 | 2900 | 2550 | 2400 | 2350 | 2350 | 2000 | 2150 | 2050 | 1950 | 2000 | 2000 | 1850 | 2200 | 2150 | 1100 | |
 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — |
 | — | 4:49 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 4:51 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:52 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Fri morning, min -5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue morning, min -8°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun morning, calm by Tue morning).
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Kirkwood Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 114 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 45 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 5 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in USA - California are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (1)
Snow History
Week 1 of January has on average:
0.6 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.8 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.7 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Another Kirkwood powder day by barneyh
Wagon Wheel Bowl by Jean-Christophe Morin
Upload new photo Other resorts in USA - California are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (1)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Kirkwood at the specific elevation of 2377 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Kirkwood. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of United States.
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Visitor Reviews of Kirkwood
Overall 3.2 Based on 4 votes and 4 reviews
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- thibaut colar from United States writes:
Kirkwood is y favorite resort in CA, it's a little off the beaten path and there isn't much nightlife but that's not what i'm looking for. It start by a nice ride from the bay area on scenic and uncroded highway 88, then the resort alwasy gets the very best snow of the tahoe area (it gets lots of it, and since it's colder here, the snow is drier/colder). This is quite a large resort and not too crowded compared to the main tahoe resorts. Only drwaback is that it's not a secret anymore so it's changing a bit. But the bottom line is you won't be disappinted here, espceially if you are an intermediate to expert skier.
Visitor Reviews of Kirkwood
thibaut colar from United States writes:
Kirkwood is y favorite resort in CA, it's a little off the beaten path and there isn't much nightlife but that's not what i'm looking for.
It start by a nice ride from the bay area on scenic and uncroded highway 88, then the resort alwasy gets the very best snow of the tahoe area (it gets lots of it, and since it's colder here, the snow is drier/colder).
This is quite a large resort and not too crowded compared to the main tahoe resorts.
Only drwaback is that it's not a secret anymore so it's changing a bit.
But the bottom line is you won't be disappinted here, espceially if you are an intermediate to expert skier.
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