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
Squaw & Alpine Will CONNECT Via Gondola: Squaw and Alpine will connect via a gondola. Well, they hope it will. They still haven’t gotten approval for this project but they are sharing with us what their vision for the two ski resorts connecting is. The vision is a gondola that connects Squaw and Alpine’s base areas with no skiing in the White Wolf zone. We’ve interviewd Troy Caldwell, the owner of White Wolf (the land between Alpine and Squaw), a few times and his original vision was a small ski resort between the Squaw and Alpine. That seems to be off the table at this point as Squaw and Alpine push for a base to base gondola. […] Industry News Miles Clark | April 13, 2015 13 Comments
RIP Alpine Meadows Website… Alpine Meadow’s website is officially no more. It was SkiAlpine.com. SkiAlpine.com now redirects you to the new website called SquawAlpine.com that encompasses both ski resort. There aren’t any photos of Alpine on the homepage just yet. It’s quite Squaw for the time being. In 2012, Squaw Valley’s new owners, KSL, bought Alpine Meadows. Since then, KSL has been doing what it can to make the two mountains one. Hopefully, they’ll connect one day via White Wolf. […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 17, 2014 1 Comment
Will Squaw & Alpine Connect? | Exclusive Troy Caldwell Video Interview: Last Monday, we were very fortunate to interview White Wolf owner Troy Caldwell. He sat down with as we questioned him about his plans for developing his beloved White Wolf and the Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows connect. Once connected these two resorts together would create largest ski resort in the USA at over 6,000 skiable acres. […] Featured Video Miles Clark | May 20, 2014 13 Comments
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