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Explore The Squaw Valley, CA Backcountry This Season With Two New Offerings From Alpenglow Expeditions

Brought to you by Alpenglow Expeditions You’re pulling into the Squaw Valley parking lot, and there it is. The Tram Ridge is right in front of you, untracked and calling your name. In the past, your options were to poach it, and probably lose your pass, or spend a good chunk of money for a full or half-day guided trip. […]

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Mike Lavery | December 19, 2019
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VIDEO: Shane McConkey Squeezes Through Tight Line on Squaw Valley’s Illegal “Tram Face”

“One of the wildest things about this legendary line (now called Sluiceway) is that Shane never scouted it. We’d hiked up it in the summer and he obviously had a general idea how it played out, but when I went to scout it the afternoon prior to shooting, he couldn’t join me. He skinned up in the darkness of early […]

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Ultra Bonus SQUALLYWOOD Chapter Released Today: The FORBIDDEN Tram Face…

The Tram Face at Squaw Valley, California is arguably the sickest piece of easily accessible terrain in the Contiguous USA. The Tram Face just may be the sickest piece of forbidden terrain on Earth. Dr. Robb Gaffney, M.D. just released his Ultra Bonus Chapter all about the lines of the forbidden Tram Face and it’s absolutely gnarly. “The Squallywood Ultra […]

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