Squaw Valley
| Squaw Valley | |||
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Location in California
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Placer County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 9 ′ N , 120 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,777 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Postal code : | 96146 | ||
| Area code : | +1 530 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 235324 | ||
| Website : | www.squaw.com | ||
Squaw Valley is a place in Placer County ( California , United States ).
In 1960 the eighth Olympic Winter Games were held in the “Squaw Valley Ski Resort” located here.
geography
The Squaw Valley ski resort is located west of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada at around 39 ° north latitude and 120 ° west longitude. There it lies in the Squaw Valley (since 1960 sometimes also referred to as the "Olympic Valley") at an altitude of around 1,890 m.
Sport activities
The "Squaw Valley Ski Resort", in which the aforementioned Winter Olympics took place in 1960, is a popular winter sports area. The Squaw Valley cable car takes visitors up to an altitude of 2,463 m; numerous other lifts, some of which start in the village, lead up to an altitude of almost 2700 m. The former Olympic village can still be seen in the village .
The resort offers a variety of activities and facilities throughout the year including ice skating , cinema , horse riding , swimming pool , jacuzzi and tennis . Excursions to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Lake Tahoe are popular activities.
The ski area is the location of the film comedy Hot Dog - The guy with hot skis , released in 1984 .
Others
Squaw Valley is known for the Squaw Valley Schreiber Conference, which every August attracts authors from many countries around the world.
Web links
- Community of Writers at Squaw Valley
- Second Life of Squaw Valley - Report online in time , accessed May 19, 2012