Replying to Kirkwood's Park this Year
Now I am not one to complain, but I think the Kirkwood park this year is kind of a piece of crap. I have been skiing there for 7 years and really only hit the park when the snow on the rest of the hill is nothing special. The past couple of years they have had the Superpark off of 2 and that has been pretty sweet. This year they just have an expanded version of their small park off of 5 and the biggest jump there can not be more then 25-30' and I think that might be generous.
I was up at Alpine on Sat. and after cruising the mountain in the morning we went over to their park in the afternoon and that thing is in a completely different league. Those jumps were so smooth and very well built. I honestly think the smallest hit at Alpine (not including the really small jump line) was bigger then the largest one at Kirkwood.
I did see the jumps for the comp. over the next week at Kirkwood being built under 2 and I would hope that they would keep those up and create the Superpark again given the massive amount of snow they have. However, from conversation with the staff, the chances of that are slim to none. I still think that Kirkwood is the best in the Tahoe area for snow, steeps, cliffs, powder, etc., but I feel like they have taken a huge step down in their park arena.
Anyone else see the same thing going on?
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