Luckily there are killer mountains just around the corner that got a total of 810" of snow last season, that's almost 70 feet. Squaw has already been hit with a couple small winter storms this year; I guess whenever it rains in San Fran it is snowing on the mountains.
Local San Franciscans have been getting themselves stoked for the season by checking out ski movie tours that bring a carnival of skiing and snowboarding to movie theaters everywhere they go. This is a new experience for me that I am starting to fall in love with. My past experience with ski movies was in college where we usually watched a DVD in a dark dank dorm room to get ourselves psyched for a weekend of skiing. Watching a ski movie on the big screen is a different experience all together. The biggest difference is the audience, it is way more exciting to watch a skier head towards an epic cliff when there are 100 other people building louder and louder, "Woahhhh," then erupting in a giant cheer when the skier sticks the landing or erupts into an epic yard sale. No one is more stoked than the kids that are standing in line for autographs, grabbing handfuls of stickers and bragging about there biggest hucks from last season. The feeling is contagious and you can't help but act like a kid while you are there.
Another bonus to the ski movies are the raffles but as my friend Jeremy learned you have to earn it. Congrats on your new pair of skis buddy.
In case you need to get pumped up for this season or just don't know how epic Squaw Valley is this video should do the trick. Just about all of the epic cliffs, steep terrain and tight chutes are accessible by lifts. Ridding a lift at squaw on a powder day is like being in the middle of a ski movie to your right and left you might see a pro skier or snowboarder ride an epic line or launch themselves off a cliff.
Warren Miller's Squaw Video
Warren Miller's Squaw Video
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