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Equipment for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Has Begun Arriving

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Alterra Mountain Company confirmed on April 12, 2021, that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer, and it looks like no time is being wasted. On the same day that Alpine Meadows closed, and with Squaw Valley remaining open for just one more week, parts and equipment for the new gondola beganm arriving at the […]

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SnowBrains | May 10, 2021
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Could the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Happen This Summer?

Liftblog, a popular site dedicated to everything (you guessed it) chairlift related, Tweeted on Tuesday that the base-to-base ‘Squaw-Alpine gondola is happening,’ citing Rusty Gregory, Alterra CEO, as the source. Straight from Rusty: $200 million in capital spending this year for Alterra, Squaw-Alpine gondola is happening. — Lift Blog (@liftblog) March 23, 2021 Numerous sources claim that on a call […]

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SnowBrains | March 26, 2021
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Lawsuit Filed in Objection of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadow, CA Base-to-Base Gondola

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The Granite Chief Wilderness Protection League have filed a lawsuit in objection of Placer County’s approval of the controversial Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA base-to-base gondola. Related: UPDATED: “Base-to-Base” Gondola From Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows, CA APPROVED by Placer County Back in July of this year the Placer County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the base-to-base Gondola from Squaw […]

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SnowBrains | September 16, 2019
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Could Be Approved Today

On Tuesday, July 23, the Placer County Board of Supervisors will consider approval of Alterra Mountain Company’s proposed Squaw to Alpine gondola. It’s a major project that would have permanent impacts on federally protected Granite Chief Wilderness and the popular Five Lakes Trail. It would also encourage further development of the White Wolf property – as proposed in yellow in […]

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SnowBrains | July 23, 2019
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