Squaw Ski Blog

Wanna see Tahoe from a completely different perspective that you’ve never been able to access?  Wanna see exactly how much snow there is or isn’t in Tahoe?  This is your … Read More

Lake Tahoe adaptive skier Grant Korgan just pushed his way to the South Pole.  250,000 pushes, to be exact. Squaw Valley USA will be having a Homecoming Party for Grant … Read More

Yesterday, we brought you The Truth About Cold Water. Today we bring you the next installment by Mario Vittone written for our sister site gCaptian.com, The Truth About Cold Water Recovery.  Sitting … Read More

The Ordinary Skier is no ordinary ski film.  A very interesting look into the life of one of skiing’s greatest athletes.  If you haven’t seen it, you need to.  It’s … Read More

Squaw got KT-22 open on Jan 25th after the big storms last week.  The next day, it rained to 10,000 feet.  That night, it froze.  Now, it’s hot (50 F … Read More

With all the big controversies from the X Games and sad stories about people being killed in avalanches in the US and Canada this season this video is a welcome … Read More

We got our first big dump but now we have finished off January and will start February on a dry note. There are some signs the pattern could change beyond … Read More

By: Kyler Roush Up until a week ago, the snowpack across almost any trail at almost any resort could almost entirely be contributed to snowmaking. Fortunately those days appear to … Read More

You’ve been out shooting the hell outta everything with your digi-SLR for awhile now.  Your shots are getting pretty damn professional and now you wanna cash in on ‘em.  Perfect. … Read More

Mario Vittone has twenty years of combined military service in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. Writing for our sister site, gCaptain.com, Mario first published The Truth About Cold Water to inform … Read More

With recent precipitation in the Sierra Nevada and a lack of beta to be found, it was time to head south and get a gauge for how conditions are looking … Read More

Reno, NV native, David Wise delivers a Gold Medal performance in the SuperPipe at the Winter X Games in Aspen, CO. How impressive was Wise’s first place run? The overall level … Read More

Squaw saw expanded operations again today, with Granite Chief bolstering the list of open terrain.  To be quite honest it was pretty darn fun!  Lacking the 10 inch frozen ruts … Read More

With the help of the High Fives Foundation, the highly motivated young athlete, Landon is pursuing a dream of making the Canadian Paralympic Ski Team and competing in the 2014 … Read More

On February 4th Squaw Valley, Dynafit, and Alpenglow Sports will host California’s first ever Nacktspektakel ski touring event! A Nachtspektakel (say-knocked-shpeck-tockle) is a traditional European-style ski event that bonds people through … Read More

Conditions were firm today. A drizzle on the mountain yesterday and fog in the evening followed by cold overnight temperatures resulted in widespread frozen chunder anywhere off piste. However, Tower … Read More

  The Line of the Week Cornudella de Montsant to Barcelona, Spain Takin’ It Hard in the Paint Volume 2 It appears that I am living in a mirror image … Read More

Tonight a candlelight ceremony was held in the half pipe at the Winter X Games in honor of Sarah Burke. One week after the skiing world loses a legend, thoughts … Read More

This is the biggest, craziest, gnarliest project Mike Wilson has ever put together. If you have seen even a fraction of the things Mike has pulled off… you know that’s … Read More

  We’re celebrating KT opening and sharing stories of how rad we got this week. Don’t get left out in the cold.  What: Unofficial Night Where: Hacienda Del Lago, located … Read More

Ralphy’s violent tear continues.  He won the first stop in Revelstoke, got 2nd in Chamonix, and now has won again at Courmayeur, Italy. His run in Italy was smooth and … Read More

From January 20th to January 25th Squaw Valley underwent a transformation from having no natural snow to being buried in it.  A 60 inch storm total changed her from Brown … Read More

Solitude.  Siberia.  Reverse Traverse.  Palisades.  KT!  The hit list got better and better as the day went on at Squaw Valley, as Patrol proceeded to open the mountain in it’s … Read More

Lake Tahoe’s Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board just approved the use of pesticides in Lake Tahoe’s waters.  Lahontan wants to use herbicides and pesticides in Lake Tahoe to halt … Read More

If you liked Dlyan Crossman’s and CJ Wright’s crashed from Revelstoke then you will love what Kevin Guri has for you. Again, if you think that you can hang at a … Read More

Lake Tahoe finally got her first real snowstorm of the season this past weekend.  60 inches at 8,200 feet at Squaw. Before this past weekend, Squaw hadn’t seen more than … Read More