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2012-02-19 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
As sad as it is, by Feb 19th, I had not gone to Tahoe once this season yet. The conditions just didn't warrant the trip since their base coverage was so low.
So kirkwood had a bit ore than other folks, but they were still suffering. I got cliffed out in places I otherwise knew, and Eagle Bowl was very bare with grass everywhere still, it looked like early december.
Anyway, I made the best of it :)
![the wall, not looking good, can't even traverse the wall, not looking good, can't even traverse](/blogimg/04/thumb1024_104_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
the wall, not looking good, can't even traverse
![eagle bowl looks way too green... eagle bowl looks way too green...](/blogimg/05/thumb1024_105_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
eagle bowl looks way too green...
![did I mention way too much vegetation that didn't belong? did I mention way too much vegetation that didn't belong?](/blogimg/07/thumb1024_107_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
did I mention way too much vegetation that didn't belong?
![doh, cliffed out doh, cliffed out](/blogimg/08/thumb1024_108_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
doh, cliffed out
![crap, cliffed out again crap, cliffed out again](/blogimg/10/thumb1024_110_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
crap, cliffed out again
![seriously, how do I get down? seriously, how do I get down?](/blogimg/11/thumb1024_111_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
seriously, how do I get down?
I then went to the back side to check out the snow at the boundary there and go all the way to Emigrant Lake:
![the wave, still bare the wave, still bare](/blogimg/21/thumb1024_121_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
the wave, still bare
![thanks to the tow rope, it wasn't too hard to get to the boundary thanks to the tow rope, it wasn't too hard to get to the boundary](/blogimg/24/thumb1024_124_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
thanks to the tow rope, it wasn't too hard to get to the boundary
!['access today', yeah! 'access today', yeah!](/blogimg/25/thumb1024_125_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
'access today', yeah!
![no good way down no good way down](/blogimg/26/thumb1024_126_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
no good way down
![but I was able to find another way. view from the bottom of the lake but I was able to find another way. view from the bottom of the lake](/blogimg/30/thumb1024_130_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
but I was able to find another way. view from the bottom of the lake
![in the end I got to the bottom of chair 3 and hiked back up from there. in the end I got to the bottom of chair 3 and hiked back up from there.](/blogimg/32/thumb1024_132_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
in the end I got to the bottom of chair 3 and hiked back up from there.
![first time I got down that ridge and mostly made it back first time I got down that ridge and mostly made it back](/blogimg/99/thumb1024_199_Kirkwood_Emigrant_Lake.jpg)
first time I got down that ridge and mostly made it back
![the snow on that side was just wind blown and crusty the snow on that side was just wind blown and crusty](/blogimg/33/thumb1024_133_20120219_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
the snow on that side was just wind blown and crusty
Day 2: back from more.
![](/blogimg/00/thumb1024_200_20120219_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
![Hi Jim! Hi Jim!](/blogimg/03/thumb1024_203_20120219_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
Hi Jim!
![bottom of sunrise wasn't pretty... bottom of sunrise wasn't pretty...](/blogimg/06/thumb1024_206_20120219_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
bottom of sunrise wasn't pretty...
and before we knew it, time to go home. Go Jim!
![](/blogimg/09/thumb1024_209_20120219_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
![](/blogimg/11/thumb1024_211_20120219_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
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