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The Western SkiSport Museum

The Western SkiSport Museum from directly overhead

The Western SkiSport Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,185 m. Mount Lola stands 2,788 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is "Snowshoe" Thompson, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Auburn Ski Club

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.33695, -120.35025

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Andesite Peak: 1.3 mi
  • George R. Stewart Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Stephens: 1.9 mi
  • Castle Peak: 2.0 mi
Parks: 52
  • Lamson-Cashion Donner Summit Hub: 1.9 mi
  • Dog Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Donner Pines West Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Donner Lake Property Owners Association Private Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Donner Lake Launching Facility: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • German Ridge: 1.4 mi
  • Goldilocks Wall: 2.0 mi
  • Green Phantom Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Petroglyph Cliff: 2.1 mi
  • Snowshed: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 14
  • Donner Summit Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 7.3 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
  • Lodgepole: 13.5 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 14.7 mi
  • Woodcamp Day Use Site: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 9
  • Health Springs: 6.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • China Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Rodeo Grounds: 9.6 mi
  • Webber Lake: 11.0 mi
  • Five Lakes Trailhead: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of The Western SkiSport Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LolaN 353°2,788 m6.7 mi
Castle PeakN 2°2,773 m2.0 mi
Basin PeakNNW 347°2,749 m3.2 mi
Granite ChiefSSE 161°2,749 m10.2 mi
Tinker KnobSSE 151°2,713 m7.3 mi
Lyon PeakSSE 168°2,713 m9.2 mi
Needle PeakSSE 164°2,711 m9.8 mi
Washeshu PeakSSE 158°2,706 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3619:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1916:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404856636155463628
Precip in6.76.66.22.72.10.70.30.40.52.23.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/187436506

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