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FRESH SNOW AND NEW
LIFT GREET HOLIDAY SKIERS AT SQUAW VALLEY USA
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STORY SUMMARY: Dec 26, 2007
– Squaw Valley USA welcomed holiday skiers and riders
with great top to bottom skiing and riding conditions as well
as the official opening of the resort’s newly-upgraded
Shirley Lake Express six-passenger lift.
FOOTAGE DESCRIPTION: Footage
includes shots of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new lift,
people riding the new lift, the Shirley Lake terrain, shot on
Saturday, Dec 22; plus current resort skiing and snowboarding
footage shot Wednesday Dec. 26, 2007.
SOUND BITES:
- Nancy Cushing, President, Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
- Michael Gross, Director of Planning, Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
- Todd Parsons, Skier from Moraga, CA.
- Don Lowder, Lift Operations Supervisor, Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
SUGGESTED COPY: Squaw Valley
USA welcomed holiday visitors with an official ribbon-cutting
ceremony for the popular Shirley Lake Express lift which was
recently upgraded from a four-passenger to a high-speed, six-passenger
chairlift. The new Dopplemayr lift offers a faster and more
comfortable ride, and its heavy chairs allow the lift to operate
in more extreme weather conditions, offering access to some
of the resort’s most popular terrain when the old lift
would have been closed. During the ceremony,
guests were served Shirley Temple's at the top terminal of the
lift.
The recent pre-holiday storms that brought
over three feet of new snow to the Sierra have allowed Squaw
Valley to operate twenty-six lifts accessing top-to-bottom skiing
and riding for visitors of all abilities. Forecasters are calling
for snow showers possible all week leading up to the New Year.
For more information about Squaw Valley conditions
and operations, visit www.squaw.com
LOCATOR: Squaw Valley USA,
North Lake Tahoe, CA.
PROVIDED BY: Squaw Valley
Ski Corp.
Contact: Savannah Cowley (530) 581-7130, scowley@squaw.com
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