The first storm of the season delighted us here in Squaw Valley and is building excitement for the winter season! OpenSnow Tahoe reported 16 inches at Northstar and 15 inches of snowfall in Truckee, as well as 10 inches at Squaw Valley and 9 inches at Alpine Meadows - winter has begun! From this relatively early winter storm ski mountains all over North Tahoe have been able to open, including Continue Reading
Fractional Ownership Market Report – 2015 Third Quarter Year to Date
Fractional Ownership Market Report - 2015 Third Quarter Year to Date shows that fractional Sales have been slower this year than in 2014. At the end of the 3rd Quarter of 2015 units sold are only 45 which is 18% below the 55 units sold at the same time last year. The total dollar volume ($2,928,000) is 37% lower than at the end of the 3rd Quarter of 2014. 40% of the units sold (18) this year Continue Reading
Wildflower Walk Through Meadows
Join Greg Rankin, your local real estate consultant, in a beautiful wildflower walk through the meadows in Tahoe City on Saturday, June 13th. Enjoy being outdoors while spending time with your fellow community members! Meet on the deck at the Tahoe Cross Country center on 925 Country Club Drive, Tahoe City, CA 96145 at 9:30am. Be sure to bring a water bottle! Save the date and we will see you Continue Reading
A Beautiful Hike for a Beautiful Day
Now that the clouds and rain have cleared, there is no better way to welcome in summer at Lake Tahoe than to enjoy a gorgeous hike along the Tahoe Rim Trail. Picnic Rock is located on the North Shore at Brockway and is known as being one of the shortest hikes that also provide amazingly vast views of Tahoe. This hike is friendly for the whole family and easy to find. The hike starts Continue Reading
Friends of Alpine Meadows to Meet Saturday
This will be the first public meeting of FoAM and it will be held at the Tahoe Mill Collective, 150 Alpine Meadows Road, Saturday, February 21st at 5:00 p.m. The group was formed last year and presented itself and its goals on December 22, 2014. Alpine Meadows has been combined with Squaw Valley since its purchase by KSL Capital Partners in 2011. The group is striving to maintain the separate Continue Reading
Concert at Truckee River Regional Park Amphitheater Wednesday August 13
Baron Von Remmel and Friends will be the featured band at the "Salty" Gebhart Amphitheater in the Truckee River Regional Park on Wednesday, August 13th from 6:30 to 8pm. Von Remmel, a jazz saxophonist, is an accomplished musician with too many credits to list. If you read his bio you will be amazed. He is a 27-year resident of the Lake Tahoe area and is well known here. The band is a fun mix Continue Reading
Video Interview with IOV Board Members Dr. Fred Ilfeld and Tom Day
Miles Clark from SnowBrains.com interviewed Dr. Fred Ilfeld and Tom Day, Board Member of Incorporate Olympic Valley (IOV), on May 19th, 2014. As you know, if you have been following my Blog Posts, the controversy over both the grass roots movement to incorporate Olympic Valley and Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (SVSH) plans to expand the Village at Squaw Valley has heated up and become very Continue Reading
Bluesdays Concerts at The Village at Squaw Valley Start Tomorrow
Tomorrow, June 17, 2014 is the first Blues Concert of the very popular Bluesdays summer long concert series at the Village at Squaw Valley. These free concerts will be held this year in the Village Events Plaza every Tuesday until August 26th, from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. The Village restaurants set up booths and offer "Blue Plate Specials" at very reasonable prices and there is a full service bar Continue Reading
The Eagles Live “One Of These Nights” in Washington 1977
This has nothing to do with Real Estate in the North Tahoe, Squaw Valley and Truckee area, but the Eagles are one of my favorite Rock Bands and I thought you might enjoy this video. The Eagles will be preforming at Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheatre in South Lake Tahoe on August 29th & 30th, 2014. That is a great venue on a nice summer night! Click here to watch Eagles Live "One Of These Nights" Continue Reading
Controversy Over Village at Squaw Valley Expansion and Incorporate Olympic Valley Heating Up
It appears that the battle lines are being drawn and the supporters and those opposed to these two closely linked important proposals are taking their positions and making them publicly known. How are these two proposals linked? Many say that the Incorporate Olympic Valley committee was formed to stop the Village at Squaw Valley expansion, others say it was formed to control the development. Continue Reading
