Posted by Maura on February 28th, 2009 — Posted in real estate
Sunny skies and wind-buffed snow conditions were the setting for Squaw Valley’s much anticipated Nissan big-mountain event in Silverado Bowl yesterday.
Local snowboard favorite Jeremy Jones competed for the mens’ snowboard competition and flashed a line beginning with an air off the corner of the tram shed building and venturing into skiers right of the venue where he poked around the smaller cliff bands airing smoothly and quickly.
Other Squaw Valley locals Ralph Backstrom, J.T. Holmes and Cody Townsend put in fluid and technical lines, firing up the crowd of spectators viewing from the bottom of the bowl.
Event coordinators are hoping for a second day of competition on Tram Face, the looming face that sits over the village that is closed to the public. New snow is needed to beef up the thin snow pack that is currently covering the tram face.
Check in with Squaw Valley to see when the second day of competition takes place. This is a great spectator event!
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Posted by Maura on February 23rd, 2009 — Posted in real estate
Sunday’s New York Times ran a wonderful article on how to spend 36 hours in the North Lake Tahoe (specifically Truckee) area in winter. Such hotspots as The Book and Bean, Moody’s Bistro, Northstar, Squaw Valley, and Porters Ski and Sport were mentioned in the article.
What a great time to promote our wonderful little ski town, also mentioned in Sunset Magazine this month as one of the top 20 best small towns in the west to live.
With new interest brings tourism, and with tourism brings our money back to our local economy. Lets hope people begin to enjoy themselves up here and support our very special corner of the world.
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Posted by Maura on February 18th, 2009 — Posted in real estate
Last night, my friend Andrew had a birthday. So my husband, son and I went night skiing at Squaw Valley to celebrate. The skiing was cold, wind-buffed powder thanks to a series of low pressure storms that have been pounding the Sierra the past two weeks.
When we stepped off the tram, there was the most amazing ice bar at High Camp, sitting above the swimming pools and hot tubs. There was a bar, benches, loungers all carved out of ice with mountain scapes and bubbles designed in the blocks of ice. It was the coolest functional art that I have seen in some time. We sat in the howling wind and snow and had a drink, toasting winter, and our friend Andrew.
Skiing at night with nobody around is a really magical experience. The Mountain Run is lit but other than that, the mountain looks totally different at night with shadows and the moon to guide your way. There was something really peaceful about it, almost better than daytime skiing.
If you are looking for something fun and different to do this ski/skate week, try night skiing at Squaw.
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Posted by Maura on February 18th, 2009 — Posted in real estate
President Obama announced his plan to save the failing housing market today by throwing $75 billion to lenders to work with homeowners who are in danger of forclosure. This Associated Press article was posted on Yahoo this morning.
Remember, fortunes are made in down markets like this…
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Posted by Maura on February 9th, 2009 — Posted in real estate
Last night brought cold temperatures and finally, a storm that made the ski resorts white again! Squaw Valley is reporting 12-16 inches of new snow, which is just what the Tahoe Truckee region needs before the Presidents’ Holiday weekend.
Snow is reported for the next week. So all your snow dances and ski bonfires worked! Thank you!
And speaking of change, the economic stimulus package, although not approved yet, is trying to put forth a plan to give buyers a $15000 tax credit that will last a year from the date it is approved. This is very good news, given the stagnant market that we are experiencing. If this doesn’t get the buyers off the fence, combined with historically low interest rates, then I don’t know what will…
Happy buying and happy skiing!
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Posted by Maura on February 6th, 2009 — Posted in real estate
A client of mine passed along this article from Seeking Alpha’s real estate section. The article written by Tim Iacono estimates that we may drop another 10-15% in housing prices…which isn’t as gloomy as the “projected” 30+%….
What do you think?
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