Squaw Valley USA

Recorded June 20, 1999.

The Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest and most high-concept ski areas in the United States, and was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. It is the second-largest ski area at Lake Tahoe (after Heavenly), boasting highly-advanced chairlifts, as well as the only Funitel in the United States. Because of the resort's popularity, the entire community of Olympic Valley is commonly referred to as "Squaw Valley." The resort attracts 600,000 skiers a year. Its usual run for skiing is from mid-November to late May.

Perched atop the Sierra Nevada, with a base of 6,200 feet and spread across 6 peaks and 4,000 acres, Squaw tops out at 9,050 feet above sea level at Granite Chief. With bountiful maritime snowfall--often receiving 40 or more feet in a winter, amounting to snowpack depths of 200 inches--and steep, granite-laden terrain, Squaw Valley is a mecca for Big Mountain, or steep, skiing.

This video captures my summer time visit to the area and is mostly taken from the aerial tramway.

The Squaw Valley Aerial Tramway is a 1.5 Mile long aerial tramway. It was inaugurated in 1968. On April 15, 1978 a disaster occurred when one of the cables of the aerial tramway fell down, one of which partly destroyed the cabin. There were 4 deaths and 22 people were injured.

From: http://timvp.com

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• squaw
• valley
• aerial
• tramway
• california
• olympic
• ski
• area
• lake
• tahoe
• sierra
• nevada

[1garrett2100]

go tahoe live there : )

[cmillsable]

I enjoyed your video on Squaw Valley. We lived out there in 1962 and 1963. When I visited there they had just held the Winter Olympics. Brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.

[youlldietrying]

This was a trippin' place with the bunny hills at the top of this tramway....and an open air hot tub with semi-nakers people taking the waters while I was just a few feet away, skiing, in shorts. If you think you've skied, but not been here, time to catch up with the pack, in all complimentary sincerity. It's 'reqiored text for this course/

[lauradiaz1983]

Hey! I worked there last winter and for sure Im going back! Its so cool you still have snow at High Camp during the summer!!!!