Now for a Official word from Squaw. New and Improved On the Snow High Camp Chairlift goes from a Double to a Triple Chair In the years following the 1960 Winter Olympics, Cushing’s resort and the surrounding communities experienced a period of dramatic growth. In 1963 Squaw Valley built its first gondola, and, later, in 1969, installed North America’s largest aerial cable car. In 1985, the resort constructed the first of several state-of-the-art, high-speed, detachable quad chairlifts. Today, Squaw Valley boasts the most advanced lift network in the world with Squaw’s world-famous KT-22 ranking #1 among North American lifts year after year. Squaw Valley’s standard of lift network superiority is evident in its annual improvements. In summer 2009 the old double chair-High Camp Lift was removed to make way for the new High Camp Triple Chairlift. Over the past seasons, the Monster Park at Riviera has seen a huge expansion. Providing access to the Ford Belmont Park, the Riviera Superpipe, and the numerous jump lines and jib features of the Central Park and High Camp Rail Yard, the High Camp Chair has become the hub for park riders of all tastes and abilities. New for 2009-10, the High Camp Triple Chairlift improves access to the multiple terrain parks and also to the High Camp area’s vast beginner terrain, restaurants, ice skating rink, Lagoon & Spa, and Olympic Museum. Upgrades to Snowmaking System Squaw Valley’s snowmaking department spent summer 2009 continuing a multi year vast overhaul of the resort’s existing snowmaking system. Most notable are the addition of a 3 mile pipe line to more efficiently transfer water from storage ponds to the snowmaking building and a new 1200 horsepower air compressor that doubles Squaw Valley’s snowmaking capability.