Kirkwood, California · United States · ski area
Kirkwood Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a ski area in Kirkwood, California, United States with 41 km of mapped downhill runs and 13 lifts, between 2,381 m and 2,884 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 41 km
- Lifts
- 13
- Top elevation
- 2,884 m
- Vertical drop
- 503 m
- Nearest airport
- TKF · 71 km
Slopes by difficulty
58 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 10 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
- 1 T-bars
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a ski area in Kirkwood, California, the United States. Its 58 mapped downhill runs add up to 41 km, which ranks it #62 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 710 m long.
Slopes at Kirkwood Mountain Resort
About 13% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 40% intermediate and 47% advanced or expert, which makes Kirkwood Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 13 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 t-bar. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,381 m up to 2,884 m, a vertical drop of 503 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Kirkwood Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 71 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 33 min by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 95 km away. Nearby ski areas include Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort (27.2 km), Bear Valley (36.2 km), Bear Valley Adventure Company and Heavenly Mountain Resort (85.0 km), which together add 183 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Kirkwood Mountain Resort
- 1 TKF71 kmstraight line
- 2Reno Tahoe International AirportRNO95 kmstraight lineReno, United States
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- 3Sacramento International AirportSMF132 kmstraight lineSacramento, United States
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- 4 SCK134 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Kirkwood Mountain Resort
- 13 kmSierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort27 km of slopes · 13 lifts · up to 2,692 m
- 22 kmBear Valley36 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 2,585 m
- 25 kmBear Valley Adventure Companyup to 2,300 m
- 32 kmHeavenly Mountain Resort85 km of slopes · 26 lifts · up to 3,036 m
- 45 kmHomewood Mountain ResortSmall ski area
- 45 kmHomewood Ski Area35 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,402 m
- 53 kmGranlibakken Ski Resort0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,997 m
- 55 kmPalisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows38 km of slopes · 17 lifts · up to 2,588 m
- 56 kmDodge Ridge Ski Area34 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 2,482 m
- 56 kmSummit Ranger District Ski Trails1.0 km of slopes · up to 2,497 m
- 59 kmPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley67 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 2,663 m
- 65 kmNorthstar at Tahoe Resort83 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 2,625 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.