After a long day of snowboarding at Heavenly, we decided to try snowboarding at Kirkwood - one of our favorite Lake Tahoe resorts - especially because the US-88 road was open.
To avoid parking problems, we woke up early and departed South Lake Tahoe at 7:00 am for the one-hour ride to Kirkwood. We left on time and arrived at Kirkwood at around 8:15 am. There was chain control on US-88, but being in an Audi Q5, we didn't need to put them on.
It was already quite busy, and we could not park at our favorite parking lot. However, the walk to the lodge was not too long. We grabbed our gear and walked over to the Monte Wolfe cafe. The selections were not very good, and it was already quite busy. I selected my usual chocolate chip muffin while Alex decided to eat cold cereal since the hot oatmeal was no longer available.
While eating breakfast, we ran into Dima, who was also skiing there (all by himself). After breakfast, we headed for our first run of the day (Zachary) on the Cornice Express chairlift.
I recorded a GoPro Hero4 Silver video of my ride down Zachary Trail here:
We had a fantastic time at Kirkwood, although the snow was somewhat better at Heavenly the day before. However, Kirkwood was so much fun due to the many canyons, black diamond runs, and fewer crowds.
We decided to have lunch around 11:30 am and met up with Dima. He found a table inside Monte Wolfe's, and we ate lunch. I had a classic burger, while Alex selected chicken nuggets with french fries.
After lunch, we decided to head for the backside and had a lot of fun getting there. We took "The Wall" chairlift and headed for "Eagle Bowl." The snow was deep and light here, and we enjoyed surfing.
We took the "Caples Crest" chairlift to mid-mountain and snowboarded down to the "Sunrise" chairlift, which was extremely busy. We used the singles line to avoid a long wait, which moved somewhat faster.
Once on top, we decided to try the "Thunder Saddle" black diamond trails that are so much fun on powder days. We had to ride through some bottomless powder, through narrow openings. It was so much fun. I loved gliding on powder and maximum speed.
After riding these trails, we were both tired, so we returned to Monte Wolfe for a quick snack. Afterward, we checked into the rental shop for demos. Alex really wanted to try some of the other snowboards - but Kirkwood charges $60+ to demo a snowboard for 2 hours - too expensive! (At Whistler, the charge to demo was CAD 20 for the whole day!)
We continued riding the trees and canyons on the Zachary trail on the Cornice Express chairlift. Finding fresh powder in the trees was so much fun! We really enjoyed our last day of the season here!
Around 3:15pm, we were tired and decided to end our snowboarding excursion. We returned to our car and were quickly on our way back to San Jose. The road was clear this time, and we arrived home in 4 hours.
To avoid parking problems, we woke up early and departed South Lake Tahoe at 7:00 am for the one-hour ride to Kirkwood. We left on time and arrived at Kirkwood at around 8:15 am. There was chain control on US-88, but being in an Audi Q5, we didn't need to put them on.
It was already quite busy, and we could not park at our favorite parking lot. However, the walk to the lodge was not too long. We grabbed our gear and walked over to the Monte Wolfe cafe. The selections were not very good, and it was already quite busy. I selected my usual chocolate chip muffin while Alex decided to eat cold cereal since the hot oatmeal was no longer available.
While eating breakfast, we ran into Dima, who was also skiing there (all by himself). After breakfast, we headed for our first run of the day (Zachary) on the Cornice Express chairlift.
I recorded a GoPro Hero4 Silver video of my ride down Zachary Trail here:
We had a fantastic time at Kirkwood, although the snow was somewhat better at Heavenly the day before. However, Kirkwood was so much fun due to the many canyons, black diamond runs, and fewer crowds.
We decided to have lunch around 11:30 am and met up with Dima. He found a table inside Monte Wolfe's, and we ate lunch. I had a classic burger, while Alex selected chicken nuggets with french fries.
After lunch, we decided to head for the backside and had a lot of fun getting there. We took "The Wall" chairlift and headed for "Eagle Bowl." The snow was deep and light here, and we enjoyed surfing.
We took the "Caples Crest" chairlift to mid-mountain and snowboarded down to the "Sunrise" chairlift, which was extremely busy. We used the singles line to avoid a long wait, which moved somewhat faster.
Once on top, we decided to try the "Thunder Saddle" black diamond trails that are so much fun on powder days. We had to ride through some bottomless powder, through narrow openings. It was so much fun. I loved gliding on powder and maximum speed.
After riding these trails, we were both tired, so we returned to Monte Wolfe for a quick snack. Afterward, we checked into the rental shop for demos. Alex really wanted to try some of the other snowboards - but Kirkwood charges $60+ to demo a snowboard for 2 hours - too expensive! (At Whistler, the charge to demo was CAD 20 for the whole day!)
We continued riding the trees and canyons on the Zachary trail on the Cornice Express chairlift. Finding fresh powder in the trees was so much fun! We really enjoyed our last day of the season here!
Around 3:15pm, we were tired and decided to end our snowboarding excursion. We returned to our car and were quickly on our way back to San Jose. The road was clear this time, and we arrived home in 4 hours.
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