Squaw Ski Blog

The Line of the Week Photo’s by Ryan Salm Words by Ryan Salm Skiers – The Raddest Skiers in the World !! Location – Squaw Valley USA This week’s “Line … Read More

Yesterday Jason Smith, Dave Greenleaf, and I skied a little zone just outside the resort of Flegere.  It’s easy to get to the base, easy to get on top, and … Read More

California has had it’s share of tough droughts.  The one I remember best was the vicious drought of 1987-1992 when us Northern Californians had pedantic drought restrictions, including not being … Read More

This video went weeks with only a handful of views. Then a about 3 weeks ago it leaked out of South America and went insanely viral. Even if you have … Read More

Mike Wilson at it again….. Huge Double Backflip off Simmons Drop sent to us by Nicholas Kanaan. Way to go Mike! That was Badass. It looked liked you stomped it. Did … Read More

Come out to Sunnyside Restaurant and Lodge tonight for Fish Taco night and help support Ski Duck! We are raffling 2 pairs of skis, 2 snowboards, Smith Helmet, Smith Goggles, Alpine Meadows Season … Read More

Photo by Sean Regan
Link to Photos – Deepest Snow Photo Contest
The massive amount of snow we have received this season is making big news. USA Today called it ‘Absurdly deep‘ in Tahoe. With all this snow we thought it would be cool to invite our readers to submit their own photos showing all of us how deep the snow is by them. Here is what they came back with: Deepest Snow Photo Contest

Photo with the most Facebook Shares by Sunday will win a Unofficial Trew Gear Jacket and $150.

On Monday, The Chimney saw it’s share of spectacular whipe-outs.  The classic falls generally occur when the skier/rider makes it past all the rocks and has a problem upon landing … Read More

This is one of the most representative theatrical performances displaying the amount and level of snow we have this year.  Not sure of the exact date of this thespian experience, … Read More

It’s no Golden Shellback but since you can’t get your hands on that little miracle a Lifeproof iphone case is your best bet for keeping your phone dry when your on … Read More

If you were at Squaw Valley yesterday you probably heard about the baboon of a snowboarder who tumbled his way down the Palisades. As the story goes…. “some knuckledragger tried to hit … Read More

Squaw ski freaks finally gained access to the upper mountain today after many a storm day and 179”  of snow.  3 days of hurricane force winds rendered the snow into … Read More

Squaw Valley USA has just announced that they will be extending their season from May 8th to May 30st.  After May 8th they will only be open on Fridays, Saturdays, … Read More

So all you back in Tahoe must think you’re pretty cool, having received like a thousand feet of snow in the past couple weeks.  But here’s the fact of the … Read More

  THIS PAST WEEKEND = Deeeeeep snow on Saturday.  Perfect Fingers and abounding windbuff Sunday.  Enormous KT, Red Dog, & even Far East Lines.  Tainted Love raging at Bar 1 … Read More

And the winner is…. Karl with a winning guess of :57 minutes. That is just shy of an hour from the back of the line to when you sit down. Aaron … Read More

The cornice on the village at Squaw is downright frightening. Yet another goddamn powder day at Squaw Valley USA International Mountain Resort.  Squaw got a foot overnite and it was … Read More

We lost Shane on this day, two years ago, while he was ski-basing in the Italian Dolomite’s. His impact on the ski industry, and the ski world in general, was … Read More

There’s been a lot of speculation as to what KSL, the new owners of Squaw Valley, would do in regards to season pass prices for the 2011-2012 season.   Well, the … Read More

Parker Russel is an 11-year-old skier from California that is already better than you are.  But it doesn’t stop there.  This kid can video edit, use the computer like a … Read More

I literally cannot even put words to this.  Oh, wait…yes I can:  This is HANDS DOWN the best pov ski video in the world.  Andrew, a tip of my cap … Read More

The Headwall Chair is not exactly looking “primed and ready”. How do I know this ski season is becoming certifiably ludicrous?  Because the SHERIFF (who was actually wearing an avalanche … Read More

Another great day of powder skiing. Squaw Valley is reporting 670″ @8200′ and 430″ at 6,200′. Miles skis McConkeys, Josh Anderson attempts a rather large backflip off My Air as … Read More

Some Extreme Chamonix Radness from Squaw locdog Kris Thomas. Kris and his buddies skiing the infamous Cunningham Couloir in Chamonix, France.

Here is the second episode in Sweetgrass Productions 12-part webisode series in the “making of their new 2-year project, the South American backcountry ski and snowboarding film “Solitaire.” New episodes … Read More

Photo by J Cooley How deep is the snow outside your door? We want to see. Post your best photo showing how deep it is to enter to win a … Read More