Squaw Ski Blog

Squaw Valley is reporting that 6-9 inches of new snow fell yesterday.  Noaa is reporting that 3-8 more inches of snow should fall in the night tonight through tomorrow morning. … Read More

The $23.5 million plan to improve Mount Rose ski resort on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe has been approved by the Washoe County Board of Adjustment. The improvements will … Read More

// The 2012 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour kicked off this weekend at Kirkwood. It was fast, it was treacherous, and it was fun! As a result of the low snow conditions … Read More

Alpenglow Sports is proud to announce the fourth and final installment of their annual Lake Tahoe Winter Film Series. Tahoe City’s community-inclined mountain shop saves the best for last with … Read More

This just in: the sky in Washington likes to precipitate.  A lot.  While things might not be piling up, it is perpetually raining, snowing, snaining, or misting in the wet … Read More

Today was a pow day! Maybe the best of the season in Tahoe so far. Anywhere from 6 inches to a foot of new snow was laid down last night. … Read More

This week, I’m going to discuss a very important concept to those of us who spend a lot of time recreating in the great outdoors – the difference between weather … Read More

We’re just about a month away before Points North Heli-Adventures (PNH) kicks off the first helicopter assisted touring program in the world-renowned Chugach Mountains of Alaska. It’s been a tough year in … Read More

Check out the recently released proposal for the expansion of the Village at Squaw Valley. What are your thoughts?

It had been over 2 weeks since last appreciable snow fell in Tahoe before last night’s storm rolled in.  The storm was expected to drop several inhces up to a … Read More

Don’t miss out on these FREE local slideshows every Wednesday through March 7th. The shows will start at 7 pm and be held at Squaw’s Oly Plaza Bar as part … Read More

This graph is simple.  Last year was HUGE.  An average year is big.  This year…is highly impotent (and you can see that our entire snowpack was created all at once … Read More

When the skiing is the shits, and believe me, it is right now, I usually get to thinking about questions that plague me. And one of those questions is what … Read More

This storm is finally getting here and will start dropping snow tonight.  There should be snow on the ground in the Tahoe basin by morning with snow falling throughout the … Read More

Why is Headwall lift closed?   This isn’t a banner snow year. You have to know what you’re doing to find good off-piste snow at Squaw right now.  There are some decent … Read More

Hipsters and beer.  Two things that more or less sum up what can be found in the Oregonian part of the Pacific North West.  That and there’s a bit of … Read More

“UPDATED(10 hrs ago): A weak low pressure system will move across northern California and Nevada today with isolated showers possible over the Sierra and western Nevada. A second, stronger winter … Read More

Today we received this letter in the mail. It reads as follows…   Note: Stickers and Sentiment do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Unofficial Networks. However, we do think … Read More

This is not a drill.  There is actually snow in Lake Tahoe’s forecast.  This will be the second snowfall in Tahoe this year and we should all be fired up. … Read More

The Line of the Week
 Auburn, California First Ascent Highline As I finally touched down in Reno after being airborne and puddle jumping oceans for some 20+ hours I found … Read More

Bust out your SPF 50 and buy some special yellow wax, cause spring skiing is here!! We all know it hasn’t been great, we all know there hasn’t been one … Read More

1. It’s all relative. I had a guy from New Jersey, who had never skied outside the state, tell me on Gold Coast that today was the greatest day of … Read More

Starbucks Grand Opening Info: Squaw – We’re opening the world’s first ski-in/ski-out Starbucks located at the Gold Coast lodge. Join us as we host a grand opening party. Strap up … Read More

National Geographic has just come up with this list of the world’s best ski towns.  They have detailed reasons why each one is great and recommendations on what do and … Read More

The 1st ever Get the Girls Out ski day is going down this Saturday Feb. 11th, 2012 at 13 lucky resorts in North America. Who isn’t a huge fan of getting … Read More

There’s been great skiing in the local Tahoe backcountry this past week. From spring snow to winter snow there was a little bit of everything out there.  As you can … Read More