Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley at Tahoe Overview
Squaw Valley is world famous for it’s extreme terrain and it is little wonder that Squaw Valley USA attracts and breeds some of the best skiers and snowboarders in the world. Nicknamed “Squallywood” for the number of ski and snowboarding celebrities that call the mountain home – you might just get to rub shoulders with some of the big names in industry or at least see them in action on the slopes!
Not only that but most of the beginner terrain is at the top of the mountain! (Not a bunny slope at base-camp) – just think you could be instructing newbie’s on how to make their first turns whilst checking out the view of Lake Tahoe and the High Sierra – Not bad, for a view from your office!
Top that off with a near 500” of snowfall each season making it possible for the resort to remain open until almost the end of May every winter. There are some wicked spring skiing days to be had!
Quick Stats…
- 4,000 acres of terrain
- 2,850″ Vertical Rise
- 9,050″ Top elevation/ 6,200″ Base elevation
- 170+ Slopes and Trails
- 25% Beginner
- 45% Intermediate
- 30% Advanced
- 3 Terrain Parks
- Longest run- 3.2 Miles “Mountain Run”
- 450″ Annual snowfall- Pow pow!
Lifts: 33 lifts- 1x 110 person tram- 1x 28 person gondola- 1 gondola- 4x 6 chair lifts- 3x quad chairlifts- 9x triple chairlifts- 8x double chairlifts- 3x surface lifts- 2 x magic carpets
Accommodation
Our Instructor Internship Programs at Squaw Valley are based at Northstar at Tahoe for the Training and examination portion of the program. Check out this accommodation here