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Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the host site of the entire 1960 Winter Olympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics )〕 It is the second-largest ski area in Lake Tahoe after Heavenly, with 30 chairlifts, and the only funitel in the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lift World: Lift-Database - Funitels )〕 Since Squaw Valley joined forces with Alpine Meadows in 2012, the resorts offer joint access to , 43 lifts and over 270 trails. The resort attracts approximately 600,000 skiers a year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Squaw Valley )〕 Located west of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada with a base of and a skiable across six peaks, the resort tops out at at Granite Chief.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Granite Chief, CA )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Mountain )〕 Not far from Donner Pass, the area receives heavy maritime snowfall, frequently receiving or more in a winter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mountain Stats )〕 A scenic aerial tramway rises to High Camp at an elevation of above sea level. At High Camp, tourists have access to the facilities of Squaw Valley, including a pool, roller skating, dining, shopping, and high-altitude disk golf. Squaw Valley is home to several annual summer events. The resort brings in accomplished yoga teachers and many well-known musical performers every July,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wanderlust Festival )〕 and has for forty-five years provided the summer premises of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Summer also welcomes a wide array of concerts and beer and wine events including the Brews, Jazz and Funk Fest, Peaks and Paws and Bluesdays. Andrew Wirth is the resort's current CEO. ==History== Former University of Nevada star skier, Wayne Poulsen, purchased the first of Squaw Valley Ski Resort from the Southern Pacific Railroad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History of Squaw Valley )〕 Poulsen already had a history in the area: in 1931, he had placed third at an Olympic trials at Granlibakken in Tahoe City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lake Tahoe History )〕 Shortly after, Poulsen met Harvard alumnus and trained lawyer Alex Cushing, who brought capital, political connections, and increased access to the project.〔 Cushing had fallen in love with Lake Tahoe after a visit to the Sierras in 1946.〔 After a disagreement over the resort's future, Cushing gained control of the project and became the chairman of Squaw Valley Ski Corporation. The resort opened in 1949, and Cushing remained its chairman until his death.〔 Cushing modeled the resort after European ski destinations. He re-engineered the model of traditional U.S. ski resort by locating a swimming pool, ice rink, roller disco, and restaurants on the mountain instead of at the base. His designs also brought the most advanced lift technology to the U.S. for the first time.〔 When Squaw Valley opened, its Squaw One lift was deemed the longest double chairlift in the world.〔 Squaw Valley's enormous success can be largely attributed to the visibility that came from hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics, a direct result of Cushing's effort and determination. During the planning stages of the 1960 Olympics, Innsbruck, Austria, was the leading choice for the Olympic site. In 1955, however, Cushing secured the bid after winning over the International Olympic Committee in Paris with a scale model of his planned Olympic site. The Winter Olympics in 1960 were the first to be televised live, making the games accessible to millions of viewers in real-time. The event signaled the rise of U.S. skiing to the level of world-famous European skiing, and Squaw Valley's preparedness for the games showed the international community that U.S. ski resorts offered world-class facilities.〔 Squaw Valley also hosted the World Cup in 1969 with four technical events: slalom and giant slalom for both men and women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Squaw Valley information )〕 In 1978, Squaw Valley experienced one of the worst cable car accidents in history. On a stormy afternoon on April 15, the Tram at Squaw Valley came off of one of its cables, dropped and then bounced back up, colliding with a cable which sheared through the car. Four people were killed and 31 injured. The weather was awful and the destroyed Tram hung in a very hard-to-reach location in hostile terrain. The survivors owe their lives to the Herculean rescue effort put forth by Squaw Valley staff and locals.〔http://www.moonshineink.com/sections/spot/30-years-later〕 Squaw Valley was purchased by KSL Capital Partners in November 2010. A year later, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Ski Resort merged under the new umbrella leadership of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, LLC. The new company operates as one, with joint lift tickets and single season passes for visitors and free shuttles between its locations, but preserves the individuality of the two resorts. Squaw Valley was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1960 during the Olympic Games. The area was dubbed the Pioneer Ski Area of America, commemorating 100 years of skiing in the Valley since it became the first U.S. location where organized skiing took place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pioneer Ski Area of America, Squaw Valley (No. 724 California Historical Landmark) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Squaw Valley Ski Resort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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