New Squaw Valley App! Available now on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, and featured as “Best New Ski App” in WIRED Magazine, this new Squaw Valley and Alpine meadows app is a must have on the mountain for both family and friends. With a built in GPS system to track yourself and others, updated lift queues in real time, a stat tracker, real time webcams and snow conditions, this is the Continue Reading
Archives for January 2017
Any Given Sunday: Squaw Valley – GoPro Video
From the powder filled backcountry slopes to the freshly groomed park, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are a great time no matter how you like to ski. Carving through the snow has never looked like more fun from a skier’s perspective. Entirely made up of Go-Pro clips, this awesome edit will have you itching to be on the mountain ASAP. Continue Reading
Hometown Hero: Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves is still winning races! Although retired from the World Cup Circuit, he continues to appreciate a good challenge. In 2016 he made the long trek from Anchorage to Summit Lake, Alaska, where he participated and won the Arctic Man Challenge. Snow machine and skier join forces to race at speeds of approximately 40 mph along a 5.5 mile course involving two peaks and a valley. Born in Continue Reading
17 Percent Increase in Lake Tahoe Real Estate Sales in 2016.
A 12 percent rise in median home prices to $549,000 and an eight percent increase in homes sold (1376) resulted in a 17 percent increase in total dollar volume of sold homes ($1,128,257,767) in 2016 over 2015. Homes priced over $1,000,000 increased in units sold by 28 percent. Those priced under $1,000,000 only increased by 4 percent. Condominium sales increased 13 percent in total dollar volume Continue Reading
Kid-O-Rama Brings a Week of February Fun!
OK, parents… Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows have planned an entire week of activities custom-designed to bring delight to your little ones! Mark February 18-25 on your calendars and plan some memorable family time. There’s the Big Truck Day, where you can sit in Snowcats and snowmobiles and view cool firetrucks, snowplows, and snow grooming machines. Check out the kid-sized snowmobiles and drive Continue Reading
A Market Comment from Our London Office
With the New Year upon us and 2016 in the rear view mirror I thought you might enjoy the attached Market Comment from our London Office - Mayfair International Realty. Who’d have thought at the beginning of 2016 that the world would be so changed by the beginning of 2017? Who’d have thought the UK would choose to exit the European Union? Who’d have thought that the US would vote for such a Continue Reading
Mountain Guides at Squaw Alpine
You have the skill and the adventurous spirit to ski or snowboard anywhere but you’re just not sure where the best runs are. Or you may not have enough time to explore during your visit to Squaw Alpine and you want to discover those secret runs that only the expert skiers know about. That’s where the North Face Mountain Guides come in! Explore Squaw Alpine for a full day with your own personal Continue Reading