Tahoe

Sierra Nevada Snowfall Records as of October 2004 TheStormKing.com GREATEST SNOWFALLS (Recorded in inches) In 1 month (U.S.):  390″ Tamarack, Calif. Jan. 1911 In 24 hours (N. America): 76″ Silver Lake, … Read More

Today it went bluebird. It was a funny kind of day where everyone seemed to be really… really Happy!

But how could you blame them, who would not be in a great mood when it’s not even Thanksgiving and the mountain is almost compleatly filled in. People are Fired UP!

After the unbelivable day of skiing which saw the opening of Shirley Lake and Tower 16 it was off to the Chamois where Jt Holmes reiterated the mood of the day by saying, “Timy Dutton and I were hitting this little 4 footer and these guys were like ‘Hell Yeah, get it!’ in two weeks if I hit the same jump they will be calling me a Fag.”
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Squaw Valley’s credo has always been: “Hey, we got the best mountain, so you’ll take what we give ya.” I still remember, word for word, a statement from a season … Read More

174cm length  = 135mm(width at tip)-105mm(width underfoot)-126mm(width at tail) / 21m turning radius 183cm length  = 137mm(width at tip)-105mm(width underfoot)-128mm(width at tail) / 22m turning radius 192cm length  = 139mm(width … Read More

Trail Map of Squaw Valley USA – Lake Tahoe, CA

Vail Resorts Inc, owners of a number of American ski resorts including Heavenly Mountain Resort,  announced yesterday the acquisition of Northstar-at-Tahoe™  for a cool $63 million. With Ski Corp (Squaw Valley) acquisition of the Village at Squaw (Intrawest) there has been allot of talk about the future ownership of Squaw Valley USA. At this point it is anyone's guess as to what will happen with our favorite slice of heaven but with the financial meltdown of Intrawest, collapse of AIG (Stowe) and industry wide hardships Vail Resorts could find themselves at the top of a very short list of potential buyers. Could Vail Resorts be the soon to be owner of Squaw Valley?

 "BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced that it has closed on the acquisition of Northstar-at-Tahoe™ Resort in North Lake Tahoe, Calif., one of the premier mountain resort destinations in North America. Vail Resorts acquired the stock of the companies that operate Northstar-at-Tahoe from Booth Creek Resort Properties LLC and other sellers for total consideration of $63 million. The operations of Northstar-at-Tahoe are conducted on land owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. which will be leased to Vail Resorts under a long-term agreement. Vail Resorts now operates two mountain resorts in the Lake Tahoe region, also operating Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe. The Sierra-at-Tahoe resort is not part of the acquisition and will continue to be operated by Booth Creek.

Today, skiing the light towers off the headwall chair in Squaw Valley, CA, local ski legend CR Johnson fell on some rocks and suffered a fatal head injury.  He was … Read More

Coming in hot here’s Vol. 2 of the Abominable Snowman – an Unofficial video mixtape series celebrating wild snow and cool visuals. This edition begins with a splitboard adventure in South Lake Tahoe and continues with a few highlights from the last couple weeks of shooting with Jeremy Jones and the Jones Snowboards crew in North Lake Tahoe.

Super fun day of skiing out there. Lastnight’s storm did not produce that much snow (only a few inches) but it was enough to fill in Granite and Broken Arrow, which were skiing great!

Here’s some action of Blasters, Timy Dutton and Miles Clark skiing Granite and Broken Arrow.

Music by: Huey Lewis and the News – Heart and Soul

Donner Ski Ranch: home to the Tahoe Legends event, held every March. Influential riders from around the globe converge on the mountain to ride like it’s 1989. The snowboarders may be getting older, but their styles are timeless. Watch this week’s Powder and Rails to see the legendary event. Spoiler: We track down and film “Hunks of Metal,” the band formed by Shawn Farmer, Terry Kidwell, and Bob Klein.
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