Conditions Report
If you hoot and holler but no one is at Squaw Valley to hear it, do you really make a sound? That’s the question that came to mind yesterday as Squaw was EMPTY…and with over a foot of fresh on the ground conditions were GREAT. The morning started off a little slow with the upper mountain on stand by, but KT was holding some deep pockets, and harbored no line. And by the time a slight line started to form (barely past the ticket scanners), the rest of the mountain opened and it was game on.
Highlights
- No people!
- Sunbowl to CII Bowl laps
- Free refills every lap if you knew where to look
Headwall was also skiing fantastic, and you could quite literally find fresh tracks lap after lap. No one was in line, and with a strong wind your tracks would disappear between laps in Sun Bowl. The light was low (very, very low), but if you trusted your feet or sought out the trees, there were some great turns to be had. The Face was a little on the scoured side, and Horse Trails did eventually get quite tracked out.
Over at Granite Chief it was a similar story, with no lines and if you were willing to work for it, hiking out toward VIPs held some beautiful turns, and the only competition was your group of friends. Unfortunately we lost the upper mountain late in the afternoon due to wind and a lack of staff.
Maybe it was the cold, the weather, or the wet at the base, but for whatever reason Squaw was empty. We’re on track to get more snow tomorrow, which is lining this weekend up to be quite a bit of fun. Stay tuned!
Photo Tour
Weren’t those photos from yesterday as Headwall never spun today? It must have been on “Soul Hold” today.
Checked out winds on NOAA and highest gust @ 8700 around 12:30 was 34mph with winds steady from SSW around 13-14 mph. Around 9:30 heard from someone in the know that Headwall would open, too bad he couldn’t make the call.
So question is, is this the ‘Soul” of squaw as Mr. Wirth has his marketing people claim or are they saving it for their “Soul” skiers from the bay tomorrow, Sat. Quite lame if you ask me. Corporate douches have no soul and corporate skiing still sucks. Will Wirth ever get a clue? And what about Mike Livak? It essentially is his call, seems he still has the mentality of ‘saving’ it from the old NanBjitch Days.
Headwall was on the schedule this am, kept looking up there and just seeing the “Soul” of skiing at Squaw, just sitting, what is the douches excuses this time?
Squaw operations decision makers and KSL corp weenies are really quite, quite, lame. Soul my A$$.
Are corporation managers so terrified that they will act stupidly and make a mistake that all people in position of authority are shielded from the reaction to their mistakes by maintaining total anonymity? is anyone at Squaw willing to step up and stand behind their decisions? not ever again. and when Wirth finally reappears, I hope he gets the welcome he deserves. Trying to be gnar, way to hard.