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Added: 10/21/10 Last Edited: 04/06/12

Squaw Valley in California, United States Overview

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Squaw Valley in California, United States Description

Squaw Valley in California, United States has a composite quality score of 87 out of 100, and it is located in North America. It costs $79 for an adult lift ticket and $10 for a child lift ticket, and it receives excellent marks for entertainment from Pikimal users. Squaw Valley in California, United States only has a few bars, and it only has a few restaurants. It has an average snowfall of 450 inches, so it gets quite a bit of snow during the ski season. It receives excellent marks for snow quality from Pikimal users, and Squaw Valley in California, United States makes 10% of its snow. It has 170 trails, so it has a wide variety of trails. It has a longest run of 16,896 feet and has a 4,000 acres that are skiable and cross-country/nordic skiing. It has a base elevation of 6,200 feet, a summit elevation of 9,050 feet and a vertical rise of 2,850 feet. Squaw Valley in California, United States has an a total of 34 lifts and an uphill capacity of 49,000 people per hour. It allows night skiing.

Why is Squaw Valley in California, United States highly recommended?

At Pikimal, we believe that the best way to make a decision is to look at the facts. In order to determine the ranking for Squaw Valley in California, United States, we took into account more than 20,000 facts about 820 ski resorts. Thousands of people have used Pikimal's prioritization tools, and from their preferences we have determined that topography, trails and composite quality score are the most important qualities for ski resorts. Squaw Valley in California, United States does extremely well in topography, has a superior score for trails and scores excellently in composite quality score. You can choose your own preferences and create a custom ranking, or check out the top 10 ski resorts and compare this item to the winning ski resort, Vail Ski Resort in Colorado, United States. Want to know more? Get the details about how Pikimal works or send us some feedback.

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Squaw Valley in California, United States Full Details:

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Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 71% performance for topography.

Topography
Elevation

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for base elevation, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 57% performance in this category.

Base Elevation
6,200 feet (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for summit elevation, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 68% performance in this category.

Summit Elevation
9,050 feet (wrong info?)

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 60% performance for vertical rise. However, the current preferences ignore vertical rise in computing the rankings.

Vertical Rise
2,850 feet (wrong info?)
Snow Conditions

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for average snowfall, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 56% performance in this category.

Average Snowfall
450 inches (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for snowmaking, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 0% performance in this category.

Snowmaking
10% (wrong info?)
Snow Quality Rating

4/5 stars from 2 user rating(s)

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Beauty of Landscape Rating

4/5 stars from 2 user rating(s)

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Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 35% performance for trails.

Trails

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 100% performance for trails details. However, the current preferences ignore trails details in computing the rankings.

Trails Details
Cross-country/nordic skiing available (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for longest run, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 30% performance in this category.

Longest Run
16,896 feet (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for skiable acres, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 20% performance in this category.

Skiable Acres
4,000 acres (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for number of trails, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 56% performance in this category.

Number of Trails
170 trails (wrong info?)
Breakdown of Trails by Difficulty

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for number of beginner trails, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 75% performance in this category.

Number of Beginner Trails
43 trails (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for number of medium difficulty trails, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 45% performance in this category.

Number of Medium Difficulty Trails
77 trails (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for number of advanced trails, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 38% performance in this category.

Number of Advanced Trails
51 trails (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for number of expert-only trails, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 0% performance in this category.

Number of Expert-only Trails
0 trails (wrong info?)
Lifts

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for total lifts, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 9% performance in this category.

Total Lifts
34 lifts (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for uphill capacity, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 7% performance in this category.

Uphill Capacity
49,000 people per hour (wrong info?)
Length of Lift Line Rating

2/5 stars from 2 user rating(s)

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Composite Quality Score:

The Composite Quality Score is derived from resort ratings compiled from OntheSnow.com and EpicSki.com.

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for composite quality score, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 78% performance in this category.

Composite Quality Score
87 out of 100 (wrong info?)

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 26% performance for location.

Location
Street Address 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, California, 96146, US (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts have selected North America as the top choice for continent, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 51% performance in this category.

Continent
North America (wrong info?)
Zip Code 96146 (wrong info?)

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 71% performance for food and nightlife.

Food and Nightlife
Entertainment Rating

4/5 stars from 2 user rating(s)

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Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for total number of bars, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 11% performance in this category.

Total Number of Bars
7 bars (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer higher values for total number of restaurants, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 9% performance in this category.

Total Number of Restaurants
10 restaurants (wrong info?)

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 49% performance for cost.

Cost

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer lower values for child lift price, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 88% performance in this category.

Child Lift Price
$10 (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts prefer lower values for adult lift price, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 37% performance in this category.

Adult Lift Price
$79 (wrong info?)

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 88% performance for visitor services.

Visitor Services

Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 92% performance for visitor services details. However, the current preferences ignore visitor services details in computing the rankings.

Visitor Services Details
Night skiing available, ski rentals available, snowboard rentals available, daycare available (wrong info?)
Current Conditions Current Conditions (wrong info?)

Given that users looking for the best overall ski resorts have a preference for adaptive program, children ski school available and ski school available and prefer a larger number of classes and lessons available options, Squaw Valley in California, United States achieves 72% performance in this category.

Classes and Lessons Available
Children ski school available, ski school available, snowboard lessons (wrong info?)

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