Squaw Ski Blog

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

Before this weekend’s storms the Sierra snowpack was at 10% of normal.  After that strong series of storms, the Sierra snowpack is around 25-30% of normal to date.  That is … Read More

This latest storm has worked wonders for Tahoe ski resorts. Pow was skied, terrain was expanded, hope was regained. But realistically we are still looking at a low tide in … Read More

Siberia opened up today for the first time this season, and who woulda guessed, Kangaroo Kicker was going off! Mank be damned, the kicker was launching all takers. Not a … Read More

After 56 days and 56 nights of dry, man made snow sliding I was beginning to wonder if 2012 really did mark the end of the world, or at least … Read More

Today we have sun for the first time after getting our first real snow of the year.  60 inches of it.  We all wanna see photos of how the mountain … Read More

And then there was snow. If you happened to stay above the 8500’-8700’ foot mark the past few days then you’re Fired Up because you just scored three stellar powder … Read More

Squaw claims they’ll have Siberia open today by 11am.  Yes, it’ll be good.  Yes, it’ll be crowded.  Yes, people will wait in line starting as early as they can get … Read More

Squaw Valley’s Ralph Backstorm is on a tear this season.  He won the Revelstoke Freeride World stop last week and now he’s just landed himself in 2nd place at the … Read More

Winning the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix is no small accomplishment.  When you’re from Squaw and you win in Chamonix, it’s that much bigger.  If you’re from Squaw, you know … Read More

After a few good but heavy leg burners on Red Dog, Squaw Creek, and Far East this morning, the crowd began to loiter and then build at the base of … Read More

This video is from today, Jan. 23rd, 2012.  Alpine meadows claims 72 inches of snow from this storm and 24-34 inches in the past 24 hours. As promised, the video … Read More

Tahoe needs a vicious series of storms to roll thru, bury everything, shut down the resort if it has to, and end this heinous drought that we are having.  We … Read More

The first appreciable storm of the 2011/2012 season hits the Tahoe area!  A foot at 6,500′ – stop reading this article now and get your ski boots on!     … Read More

Here’s the day in a nutshell. The sun was shining early, providing good visibility and the “sense” of a bluebird day. But only trace amounts of snow fell Saturday night. … Read More

Our storm was upgraded from a Winter Weather Watch to a Winter Storm Warning.   WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TAHOE: …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON … Read More

Squaw reported 3-6 inches overnight.  It looks like they may have snuck a few skiers up for “early ups” to get a few photos.  The photos are good.  There is … Read More

Tahoe ski resorts got anywhere from 2 – 21 inches of snow with the winner being Mt. Rose ski resort with the 21 inches.  Not the 3-7 feet that was … Read More