Squaw Valley USA kicking off ski season in style
The legendary Squaw Valley USA is celebrating its 60th anniversary – and the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games – all season long, starting by rolling out great events and a couple of the resort’s world-renowned athletes.
Celebrate Squaw ‘s 60th opening day on Nov. 21 with an outdoor screening of the anniversary movie on the KT-22 Sundeck and live music at Olympic House, when hundreds of balloons drop from the Funitel and Squaw Valley pro skier and BASE jumper, JT Holmes BASE jumps out of the cable car. Event calendar:
- 1 p.m.: Ski With Jonny Moseley at the top of the Funitel
- 4 – 4:30 p.m.: Monster Toast, Balloon Drop, Cable Car Base Jump
- 5 p.m.: Screening of Squaw Valley USA – 60 Legendary Years
- 7 p.m.: Live Music at the Olympic House
With the winter games returning to the West Coast for the first time since the 1960 Olympics, Squaw Valley will be the U.S. hub for Olympic activity leading up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Get ready for a fun season at Squaw.
Squaw Valley skier J. T Holmes gets psyched up to perform an urban Ski-BASE jump off the roof of the Silver Legacy hotel casino in downtown Reno, Nev., Saturday Nov. 17, 2007.
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