Squaw Valley

California Ends Stay-at-Home Order for Tahoe Counties

Effective January 12, California has lifted its stay-at-home order for the Greater Sacramento region. Tahoe ski areas are no longer affected by these restrictions.

Squaw Valley Expert Emigrant Run: Break It Out

An afternoon run down Squaw Valley's Break It Out, a technical run with obstacles such as trees, rocks, and cliffs. Located on the Emigrant backside and also accessible from Granite Chief, this run takes a bit of effort to find and rarely sees high traffic.

State of 2020-21 Resort Operations

With COVID-19 cases continuing to persist across North America, we’re seeing some resorts tighten capacity restrictions or push back openings, either voluntarily or by state mandate. As you debate whether to book a trip this season, we’ve decided to aggregate all we know in one place.

Squaw Valley Silverado Run: Trail 90 to Billy's

A run down Squaw Valley’s expert Silverado area, starting at Trail 90 and filtering into Billy’s, just two days after it opened for the season.

Video Review: Squaw Valley

An in-depth video review of Squaw Valley Resort, a ski area located in Olympic Valley, California, near Lake Tahoe.

We’ve Refined the Way We Measure Skiable Acres. Some Resorts See Size Score Changes.

Some resorts measure their acreage by total footprint, which doesn’t always comprise entirely skiable terrain. Others measure their acreage by skiable terrain only, but don’t include parts of the resort that are technically in-bounds but not skiable. To remedy this issue, we employed an acreage calculator to determine the true skiable footprint within the bounds of each resort.

Palisades Tahoe

Two of Tahoe’s best ski areas have now been linked as one continuous lift-served destination, but the resort still functions as two separate mountains in many ways.