Squaw Valley, CA Conditions Report: One The Best Days in Years…

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Today was simply spectacular at Squaw Valley, CA.

A good friend who’s been skiing Squaw for 17 years told me this today:

“One of the best Squaw days I’ve ever had.  Period.”

Miles dropping Ice Goddess today. photo: ben mathes
Miles dropping Ice Goddess today. photo: ben mathes

This morning, Squaw was reporting 10″ of snow overnight and 15″ of snow in 24 hours.

It skied deeper than that, I thought.

The snow was good, responsive, fast, and crazy fun.

KT-22 today. photo: snowbrains
KT-22 today. photo: snowbrains

 

Squaw is so incredibly filled in right now it’s hard to understand.  Current snow levels look very much like the deepest snow levels we had in the record 811″ season of 2010/11.

I had an absolute ball today.  I’ve been battling a knee injury for the past 2 years and today was the first day I’ve been able to let loose since that initial injury two Januarys ago.  I screamed a lot today.  My knee felt good today.  I felt very mindful and thankful today.

Miles dropping My Air today. photo: ben mathes
Miles dropping My Air today. photo: ben mathes

People often ask me:  “where is your favorite place to ski?”  

I invariably tell them:  “Squaw Valley, USA.”

Today exemplified just how absolutely sick Squaw can be and I loved every second of it.

This guy skied The Box in the Fingers masterfully at about 2pm today. photo: snowbrains
This guy skied The Box in the Fingers masterfully at about 2pm today. photo: snowbrains

Chairs open today:  KT-22 (10am), Red Dog, Far East, Squaw Creek, Funitel, Gold Coast.

We skied KT all morning, then did two great, super fresh laps on Broken Arrow (hiked up from Funi) before finishing the afternoon on KT.

KT-22 opened at 10am today.

The air through V-Rock off Broken Arrow today. image: snowbrains
The air through V-Rock off Broken Arrow today. image: snowbrains

SNOW NUMBERS:

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FORECAST:

Squaw forecast. image: noaa, today
Squaw forecast. image: noaa, today

PHOTO TOUR:

Hoops, anyone? photo: snowbrains
Hoops, anyone? photo: snowbrains
Miles landing Ice Goddess today. photo: ben mathes
Miles landing Ice Goddess today. photo: ben mathes
Stoke and Costos 9th chair on KT today. photo: snowbrains
Stoke and Costos 9th chair on KT today. photo: snowbrains
Squaw Valley Fired Dept. digging out fire hydrants today. Big job. Thanks guys. photo: snowbrains
Squaw Valley Fired Dept. digging out fire hydrants today. Big job. Thanks guys. photo: snowbrains
Squaw Valley Fired Dept. digging out fire hydrants today. Big job. Thanks guys. photo: snowbrains
Squaw Valley Fired Dept. digging out fire hydrants today. Big job. Thanks guys. photo: snowbrains
Love this hoop. photo: snowbrains
Love this hoop. photo: snowbrains
My road is buried. photo: snowbrains
My road is buried. photo: snowbrains

 

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Airing out of The Box today. photo: snowbrains
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Good times on KT today. photo: snowbrains

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3 thoughts on “Squaw Valley, CA Conditions Report: One The Best Days in Years…

  1. Seems that the Snowbrains creator can’t handle criticism? You write a article like that, you’d better be able to back it up. Come on Miles, what’s the deal?

  2. Miles, thank you for removing the “fake news” article on Squaw lift openings. Can you provide an explanation why that horrific article was posted in the first place?

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