Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is ramping up for winter 2016-17, and has announced its opening day for Nov. 23.
This season marks the return of the Alpine World Cup ski racing to Squaw Valley for the first time in nearly 50 years. The Audi FIS Ski World Cup will feature Olympic champions, such as Mikaela Shiffrin and Julia Mancuso. Tickets are currently on sale for the World Cup.
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows has announced new improvements for the 2016-17 season including new winch cats for grooming steep slopes. | Jeff Engerbretson, Squaw Valley
Improvements to the skiing experience include: four new Gazex installations, added to decrease delays in lift start times and increase the efficiency of Ski Patrol in opening the ski areas; improvements to snowmaking infrastructure, such as better and new guns and hydrants; and new PistenBully 600 Winch Cats designed for grooming steep slopes.
The resort now has an app developed by the creators of the SkiLynx app, featured as “Best New Ski App” in WIRED Magazine. The app will offer real-time lift, trail and snow data for iPhone and Android along with unique new features. The app is optimized for Apple Watch, Android Wear and Pebble for iOS and Android.
To improve the guest experience, two service areas will be expanded to handle all lift-access products, including tickets, pack products and season passes. A new permanent ticket center in the Aerial Tram lobby will be open with eight fixed locations to increase ease and convenience of the purchase process
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows partnered with Protect Our Winters to offer free premium parking to guests who carpool to the resort with four or more passengers in the vehicle. | squawalpine.com
