Palisades Tahoe Launches the Base to Base Gondola with Grand Opening Celebration [Olympic Valley, Calif.] Nov. 30, 2022 – After kicking off the winter season earlier this month, Palisades Tahoe is slated to debut the long-awaited Base to Base Gondola in mid-December with a full day of festivities to ring in a new era at the resort. The Base to Base Gondola Grand Opening Celebration will take place on Saturday, December 17, […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 19, 2022 5 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Share Progress Updates on Base-to-Base Gondola and Red Dog Upgrade Palisades Tahoe, CA, shared progress updates yesterday for the base-to-base gondola and the Red Dog upgrade. Both lifts are on target to open in mid-December. With our first snow of the season in the books, it seems like an appropriate time for a little construction update! The Base to Base Gondola is really starting to look like a complete lift. Leitner […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 27, 2022 1 Comment
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Base-to-Base Gondola Will be Completed for Next Winter The highly anticipated $65 million Base-to-Base Gondola at Palisades Tahoe, CA, will be completed for the 22/23 winter season, Alterra Mountain Company announced on Monday. “The 16-minute gondola ride will take skiers and riders between the two base areas, The Village at Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Lodge, reducing road congestion in the region and making it easier to enjoy both […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 2, 2022 8 Comments
UPDATE: More Details From Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA on the Gondola That Will Create North America’s 3rd Largest Resort Alterra Mountain Company yesterday (4/12/21) confirmed that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer. Connecting the two resorts will create the third-largest ski resort in North America and the second in the US (depending on how you work it out), behind Whistler Blackcomb, BC, and Park City, UT. There has been talk of a gondola […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 13, 2021 21 Comments
Alterra Announces $207-Million Upgrades at Resorts | Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Confirmed Alterra Mountain Company announces its plans to invest $207 million in capital improvements for the upcoming year, including transformational base area and on-mountain developments at Steamboat, Deer Valley Resort, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain. Related: Could the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Happen This Summer? This year’s $207 million plan includes $111m in significant resort projects, […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 12, 2021 2 Comments
Everything You Could Ever Want to Know About the Squaw/Alpine Base-To-Base Gondola SQUAW-ALPINE BASE-TO-BASE GONDOLA UPDATE: updated on August 4th, 2017 8-passenger gondola Large spaces between cars 1,400 persons per hour (half the rate of a typical six-pack chairlift) From Squaw Valley base to Alpine Meadows base Squaw segment would allow skiers to exit at top of KT or continue to Alpine Meadows Squaw segment could operate when wind closes upper mountain […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 13, 2017 3 Comments
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Update: Andy Wirth & Troy Caldwell Hold Meeting Last Friday, Andy Wirth (President & COO of Squaw Valley) and Troy Caldwell (owner of White Wolf, the land between Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows ski resorts) held a joint meeting to inform the public on the latest information about the Base-to-Base Gondola proposed between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts. Below are the details of that meeting. SQUAW-ALPINE […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 9, 2017 8 Comments
The Definitive Guide to Squaw/Alpine’s Base-to-Base Gondola: Squaw Valley Ski Holdings owns Squaw Valley ski resort and the adjacent Alpine Meadows ski resort (both in California) and they’re planning to connect them via a Base-to-Base Gondola. At this point, only an initial project application for the Base-to-Base Gondola connecting Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows has been submitted to Placer County, CA. It was submitted to Placer County […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 19, 2016 9 Comments
VIDEO: Squaw-Alpine “Base to Base Gondola” Connect Update Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are threatening to connect via a Base to Base Gondola This video gives us an update on that project. One thing to remember here is that this Gondola project has not been submitted, has not been approved, and is […] SnowBrains | July 6, 2015 3 Comments
Troy Caldwell Speaks Out About the Squaw/Alpine Base-to-Base Gondola Troy Caldwell, owner of White Wolf (the land between Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows), has spoken out for the first time about the proposed Base-to-Base gondola. To be clear, this “project” so far is only a public statement by Squaw. No proposal has been submitted, no permits granted, no environmental impact reports requested, and no plans at all to move forward. If this project is to move forward, it […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 13, 2015 3 Comments
Sierra Watch Claims 25% of Squaw/Alpine Gondola Crosses Protected Lands The conservation group Sierra Watch has just released a statement claiming that the gondola Squaw/Alpine has proposed to connect the two resorts would cross into protected public lands in the Granite Chief wilderness. It appears that as much as 25% of the proposed gondola would cross public lands. To learn more, please read the detailed press release below. Olympic Valley, Calif. – When KSL Capital Partners announced plans to connect Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows earlier this week, they put their proposed gondola on a collision course with federally designated […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 17, 2015 4 Comments
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