Things To Do in Kit Carson, 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. This campsite on the Kit Carson Emigrant Trail was a resting place for California settlers. It was named by members of the Mormon Battalion enroute to Salt Lake Valley. Three of their men, serving as advance trail scouts, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In February of 1844, John C. Fremont led a group of men over these mountains as they struggled to reach Sutters Fort. Little did they know that the pass, which lay 20 to 30 feet under the snow beneath them, would be a ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Founded by Raymond Peter Plasse in 1853. It was a stopping place for emmigrants on the Carson Pass Trail on the route to California gold field. Dedicated by the, James W. Marshall Chapter, Of E. Clampus Vitus, September ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here the Old Emigrant Road of 1848 swung down across the meadow now covered by Caples Lake (Twin Lakes) and climbed along the ridge at the right to the gap at the head of the valley. From this summit (9,460 feet) it descended ... More on HMDB

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