Things To Do in Kirkwood, California

Located on all-weather Highway 88, 35 miles south of South Lake Tahoe at Carson Pass, Kirkwood is three and a half hours from San Francisco and less than two hours from Sacramento, Stockton and oth... More on SkiResortGuide.com

When I asked Patrol Director for an explanation he made snide remark and then management refused to give anyone a free hot cocoa (what,.50 cents worth of goodwill???) More on SkiSite

Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a ski and snowboard resort in Kirkwood, CA to the south of Lake Tahoe. Kirkwood... More on En.wikipedia.org

This ski resort has something for the entire family . More on Trekaroo

Inscription. This building has been the pioneer home of the Kirkwood and Taylor families since it was built by Zachary Kirkwood in 1864. This building was one of the first resorts operated in the S... More on HMDB

Main lodge has nice menu and large fireplace 4. More on igougo

Inscription. On this spot, which marks the summit of the Kit Carson Pass stood what was known as the Kit Carson Tree on which the famous scout Kit Carson inscribed his name in 1844 when he guided the then Captain John C. Fremont, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. At this point in August 1849, a group of Odd Fellows nearing their goal, the California gold mines, paused in their struggle up these granite walls to paint on this and adjacent boulders their names and the three links ... More on HMDB

Inscription. “¦there ought to be a shaft raised to Snow-Shoe Thompson: Not of marble; Not carved and not planted in the valley, but a rough shaft of basalt or of granite, massive and tall, with top ending roughly as if broken ... More on HMDB

This is the SCARIEST ski run I've ever been on. For those of you looking for a knee-knocking, adrenaline pu... More on GeckoGo

Kirkwood is one of the most underrated mountains in the Sierra Nevada's. It is a little out of the way but ... More on GeckoGo

Inscription. Broken dreams and hope, carried 2000 miles through scorching deserts and over loft mountains. At last. the sight of the promise land. Those of you who visit this grave carry a torch of love and hope (which this young ... More on HMDB

Two lakes, one large and one small, provide hikers with two distinctly different portraits of the Carson Pass environs. More than half the journey follows the shoreline of Caples Lake, a 600-acre, ... More on Trails

This was a great trip though it was 100 degree weather and that made the tr More on Trails

Inscription. In 1849 Dr. James Caples passed through here on his way to Californias gold country. After a brief stay in Old Hangtown (Placerville) Caples remembered the lake and returned here with his family to establish a way station ... More on HMDB