Alta Sierra (Shirley Meadows)
Wofford Heights (near Lake Isabella, Kern County) · near Wofford Heights / Kernville · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- independent
- Vertical
- 800
- Size
- 165 acres
- Season
- Operates only when natural snow allows · Small, weather-dependent, beginner-to-intermediate
What is here
- Best for
- Bakersfield/Kern Access · Beginners · Value · Novelty
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Nickname
- Bakersfield's Home Hill
- Summit
- 7800
- Lifts
- 4
- Avg snowfall
- Natural snow — season entirely weather-dependent
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- No
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- No
- Signature runs
- The community hill
- Intl tip
- Alta Sierra is above Lake Isabella in the Kern River Valley — the same region as the Kern's whitewater (rivers guide) and the Cannell Plunge MTB (MTB guide). Confirm it's operating before heading up (natural snow only). A genuine off-the-map curiosity for the completist.
The guide
Alta Sierra — long known as Shirley Meadows — is the southern Central Valley's home hill, a tiny, weather-dependent community s…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Alta Sierra (Shirley Meadows) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.713, -118.557