Kirkwood Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Kirkwood is: Heavy rain (total 38.0mm), heaviest during Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu morning, min 1°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Thu afternoon).
Kirkwood Weather (Days 4-6): Light rain (total 2.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri morning, min -3°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat night, calm by Sun night).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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| Top Lift: | 1.9 m | 1 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | 2 |  | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 1.0 m | 2 | |
Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 1 | |||||||||||||
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rain shwrs | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
3 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
max °C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
min °C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -3 |
-4 | -6 | -4 | -2 | -3 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -3 | -5 | -4 | -6 | -6 | |
95 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 91 | 78 | 45 | 54 | 59 | 54 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 77 | 93 | 89 | 95 | 95 | |
3050 | 2900 | 3300 | 2950 | 3050 | 3250 | 3600 | 3700 | 3800 | 3750 | 3650 | 3600 | 3400 | 3100 | 2700 | 2600 | 2400 | 2100 | |
 | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:52 | — |
Heavy rain (total 38.0mm), heaviest during Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu morning, min 1°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Thu afternoon).
Light rain (total 2.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri morning, min -3°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat night, calm by Sun night).
Latest snow reports near Kirkwood:
| Top snow depth: | 193 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 95 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 5 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 23 Feb 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.6 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
1.7 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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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Overall 3.2 Based on 14 votes and 4 reviews
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.
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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