It’s official. The Associated Press released a statement this morning.
“Squaw Valley and Alpine executives told The Associated Press about the operating agreement in advance of Tuesday’s formal announcement. The merger is expected to be made final before the start of the coming ski season.
Under the deal, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows will retain their identities but be owned and operated by a new parent company called Squaw Valley Ski Holdings LLC. Squaw Valley owner KSL Capital Partners LLC will become the majority owner of the new company, while JMA Ventures, which owns Alpine Meadows, will have an ownership stake.” Read Full report HERE > The Associated Press
Care to drop the back of KT to Alpine, anyone?
Here are some of the highlights.
- “Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows will be owned and operated by a new parent company called Squaw Valley Ski Holdings LLC. Squaw Valley owner KSL Capital Partners LLC will become the majority owner of the new company, while JMA Ventures, which owns Alpine Meadows, will have an ownership stake.” The Associated Press
- access more than 6,000 skiable acres
- no plans are under way to connect them because the common ridgeline is owned separately.
- JMA will continue to independently operate Homewood Mountain Resort on Lake Tahoe’s west shore.
- Gold, Silver and Bronze passes at Squaw, and Unfiltered, Slightly Filtered and Filtered passes at Alpine— will become valid for skiing and riding at both resorts.
- Starting Tuesday, skiers and snowboarders will be able to buy season passes for the combined resort starting at $439 for adults.
- Here is a full rundown squaw.com/squaw-alpine-faq
WOW… so its “official”
Big news!
Okay so I checked out the rules for us season passholders to ski/ride at Alp’s and Squawk’s. I just don’t get it…. why is it cheaper for Alpers to ski Squawk than it is for Squawkers to ski Alps?
Squawkers paid $369 for say… the bronze pass, and Alpers paid $359 for their equivalent the “Filtered Pass”. But the same rules (blackout dates and no Saturdays in Jan / Feb) apply to both types of passes.
Why should Squawkers pay more to access less terrain (remember no Homewood!) as Alpers pay to access more terrain and at less money?
Whasssup wit dat KSL????????? If you’re the Acquirer and not the Acquiree shouldn’t you take better care of us who help put you in a position to take out Alps??!
bra, talk to me on the lift and i’ll give you the 40 quarters. seriously, 40 quarters.
Gee, will your 40 quarters get Homewood access? Duhhh ………..
where’s homewood?
Quit yo’ bitchin’ @appleaday! (Anyone who uses the terms “Squawkers” and “Alpers” gets IMMEDIATELY categorized as a Gape in my book.) In my opinion, this whole merger was handled pretty fairly for the skiers/riders, given all the questionable operations-realted decisions KSL made last season.
This is a load of crap. guess I will be skiing Homewood all season.
Seriously? Homewood?
Just wait until you hear what JMA is going to do to Deer Valley I mean Homewood, enjoy and good luck.
Sweet. I can’t wait to show Alpine how friggin awesome I am.
The reason I skied* Alpine was that it was NOT SQUAW.
really sad news for Tahoe.
The reason I skied Squaw was that it was NOT ALPINE.
*ski
it appears you can still ski where ever you want.
I agree. I was moving over to Alpine because it wasnt Squaw. Ive done my share of riding at Squaw and Im sick of all the assholes there. Alpine had a much more mellow attitude and it was GREAT…now I dont know what to do…. Go to Alpine and STILL deal with Squaw’s bullshit all the time??? This is definitely sad news for Tahoe… These Colorado A**holes are screwing up our beautiful home
Yes……. That Just happened.
Sorry Alpine hippies. But this is the best thing we’ve heard all year.
Pre-merger Squaw Passholder: “Who cares, it will never happen, Alpine sucks and it’s flat and nobody will be able to see how gnarly I am. I wouldn’t go to Alpine anyway.”
Post-merger Squaw Passholder: “This is great! I knew Miles was right and I can’t wait to show everyone at how gnarly I am! Does anyone know where I can get a hook-up on a beacon?”
I thought you guys were full of shit but I must give credit where credit is do. You guys nailed it.
Well done.
If y’all are going to let your attitudes of each other get in the way of enjoying 6000+ acres of skiing under one pass you are missing the point.
That’s kind of like saying Boston and New York should combine the Yankees and the Red Sox and the fans should just be happy to enjoy a massive salary pool.
dude, everybody wins on powder days. only one team wins when those shitheads player each other. fuck the yankees. and fuck the red sox.
I love you. no hetero.
hell yeah.
This is effing rad, if you dont like it go buy a sled.
Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God!
It reminds me of where a river meets the sea….which direction will the water flow? Is the tide toward or away from Squaw and in what conditions? the tactics… the tactics.
Now all former alpine peeps will be lining up at KT on storm days when alpine only has roundhouse open. That happened alot last year. Maybe squaws patrollers will help em get summit chair open faster now? Without a connecting lift, people are gonna be driving back and forth all day. Are they gonna run shuttle buses?
Alpine is great for the mellow vibe and the (so far) low prices for grub. Squaw is great for the ski first attitude and the incredible lines. Don’t know about you, but I have more than one gear and more than one mood. I’m in for both! (Well, actually been skiing both for 30+ years with a sprinkling of Northstar, Sugar Bowl and Homewood to spice up the gumbo).
R.I.P. alpine
So now we get the combination of Alpine over-reporting snow totals, and Squaw over-reporting lift openings, and now none of us will have any idea what the f@ck is really going on
That’s why you need to check unofficial every day
Now we just need Troy to suck it up and sell…
Awesome news! Glad I have a choice between two killer mountains now!!
R.I.P. alpine
I love Squaw. I love Alpine. I can’t wait.
First the Berlin Wall and now this! Never thought it would happen! Until there is an interconnect it shouldn’t affect things too much other than better value. I think it’s positive for everyone. Troy’s property value just went up! I can just see the grin on his face! Good job Squaw! Good job Unofficial!!!!!!!!!!!!
You got chocolate in my peanut butter…. Alsqauw Valeadows
R.I.P. Alpine. If this turns out to ruin my favorite mountain I’m moving to Kirkwood.
Unfortunately, previous squaw passholders have no way to upgrade to include kirkwood and homewood. If you already bought an alpine unfiltered pass, you now get access to alpine, squaw, kirkwood, and homewood. If you already bought a squaw pass, you now get alpine access but can’t upgrade to include the other areas included for previous alpine passholders. That makes us squaw holders a little less lucky than the unlfiltered alpine holders.
My brother went with an unfiltered alpine pass, and I went with a squaw pass. Who’s looking smarter now? It would be great if squaw got some pressure to allow early pass buyers a chance to upgrade. That would be a super pass.
who is gonna waste their time driving to homewood or kirkwood now.
Yea guys, you know It took me a long time to get over Bon Scott dying and Brian Johnson replacing him as lead singer of AC/DC. . . . but they fucking rip and I eventually got over it. I was really bummed when I heard the news earlier this year, but what are you gonna do? so we will be able to ride Alpine as well as Squaw now, waa waa. Get over it, get a avalanche tranciever get proper avalanche training and start exploring the backcountry!
This is AMAZING news! If i have a squaw pass, does that mean I get to ride Kirkwood now too?
Q. What did the Alpine Meadows skier say when he ran out of pot?
A. This mountain is soooo boring, think I’ll go ski Squaw, if i have the skills,,,,
Ill shred circles around you at Squaw and show you how we do at Alpine…
If you run out of pot while riding, just go home loser!
Hello Alpine – meet my friend G.N.A.R
Most important questions not answered in the FAQ or press release:
How many GNAR points for skiing Marhanka’s? Nun’s Cunt? Keyhole 1,2, open slopes? Etc.
I’m the best skier in this thread!
dude, I can’t believe you know the names of lines in alpine’s lame as “palisades”
I’m so much better than you!
Welcome to ‘SquallyWoodMeadows’, seeing that there is a mob scene at the base of KT on this storm day, how can I take your order,,,,
build a tunnel interconnect!
Welcome to SquawlMart… and thus begins the biggest shitshow since The Dukes of Hazzard brought in Coy and Vance for a season! $600 passes will make both mountains suffer this year, but don’t worry, now that SquawlMart owns all areas to the lake, pass prices will go back to their $1500 level!
BTW – Does Patchouli Oil and Polo Sport go well together?
This is so rad. Hope they connect them eventually. in the mean time I’ll be at kirkwood.
Pretty soon they’re going to build a big village with hotels at Alpine. Just imagine all the gapers that will come now, it’ll be a Northstar scene in a couple years. If you really wanted to ski both Squaw and Alpine you could just buy passes to both. This sucks, for people who love Alpine.
Considering most the the management from Northstar moved to Squaw this year…enjoy Vailstar 2.0
All the alpine folks think this sucks, cause they know that scary line they’ve been standing at the top of for 10 min trying to muster up the courage will now get poached by skiers far Radder than they are… Just Sayin’…
Seriously, what’s with Squaw skier’s ego?? I ski both Squaw and Alpine but love Alpine more for the peace and quality of powder. I don’t care how rad you think you are. I’m probably a much better PERSON than you are. I guess the backcountry will be the only place in Tahoe where I can find some quality skiing and good company.
You just proved the point… Alpine has no sense of humor!
I hear Oregon has lots of trees, go hug one.
its Shtick, smart guy, its a joke! pick up Squallywood next chance you get, and read it. It might be a little over your head. Also, who gives a fuck how good a PERSON you are???? Tool
All you guys gave Alpine shit before, now you’re excited to ski there
Hey yo! I’m waaaaaaaaayyyyyy better than you and you know it!!! Now watch me rip the shit our of your line…
You don’t know where the line is to poach it Rusty. Stay at Squaw and keep being rad. I don’t mind being a better skier than you when no one can see me from the lift, prefer that to sitting in KT line w/ dbags like you for hours. Enjoy your new water park, mall, and 8 additional gaper attracting hotels in the Valley when KSL completes their development.
hahahahaha we’ll see. Squaw kooks will be getting burned all morning from Alpine’s people. (That is till the snow’s beat, 10ish to 10:30, Then back to Apline.)
thats the problem nobody will be at alpine and everyone will be at squaw. Get ready for the kt line to be past red dog. Alpine people should be happy because nobody from squaw will go there, everyone from alpine will come to squaw.
Wow, I know no one cares what I think, because you are too busy complaining about every f*&%ing thing that goes on around you. . .if you stop and think, about something else other than how you view yourselves, you could see that this is going to fantastic, unless we close the boundaries at. . . .I don’t know what to call it. . . . find something to do before the flakes fly, some of you guys seem pretty SAD.
This is my master plan. They will connect in near future much like Alta/Snowbird and Alpine will stay “rustic” like Alta. They will push for Olympics. Get olympics and its $$ for a ganjola from Truckee to TC with stops for Squawpine. Eliminating the shit show on hwy 89 ski weekends could be so nice
^ This guy knows what the FUCK is up! Most realistic comment on this thread. Seriously!
I can’t wait to go rip some lines at Alpine when I want something new from skiing at Squaw. This season will be awesome at Alpine hearing everyone whine about the “Squaw People” on their mountain skiing to fast, attitudes, etc… I remember the first day Alpine allowed snowboards was awesome, shredding and watching people duck and cover. Just an idea for this up coming season: FIRST DAY ALPINE MEADOWS IS OPEN FOR THE 2011/2012 SEASON EVERYONE GOES TO ALPINE PLAYS IN THE LARGEST GAME OF G.N.A.R. EVER… just to welcome Alpine into the Squaw family.
Worst case, endless entertainment from reading comments from all the Alpine/Squaw posts.
All I ask is to keep Alpine spinning as late as possible like in the 90s. Do that, and I’ll be happy to buy a $8 can of Coors on the Alpine sundeck
When is unofficial networks buying unofficial alpine? I mean it seems only fitting.
LOUD NOISES!!!!!!!
skiing is skiing no matter where you do it.
Troy Caldwell seems to take joy in telling hikers to get off his land. He apparently has nothing better to do during the summer. Squalpine doesn’t need him and his south-facing slope. The shuttle bus will work just fine.
Just to let all the Alpine people know, the more you bitch and whine about this the more the Squaw peeps are gonna fuck with you guys. Because if there is one thing Squaw riders have in common it is the ability to step it up on the fun scale. If you want quiet and serenity – go to the backcountry it is a beautiful place and nobody there telling you that they are radder than you. Squaw Meadows!! It’s all about your attitude and how you look at it. Take a bong hit and RELAX.