Squaw Valley

E2812

ski resort unincorporated community

Squaw Valley is a major ski resort area in the Sierra Nevada of California, best known for hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics and offering extensive alpine skiing terrain near Lake Tahoe.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Olympic Valley	1
Olympic Valley, California	1
Palisades Tahoe	1
Squaw Valley (Olympic Valley), California	1
Squaw Valley Ski Corporation	1
Squaw Valley Ski Resort	1
Squaw Valley, California	1
Squaw Valley–Alpine Meadows area	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ski resort ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
climateType	alpine climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Alexander Cushing ⓘ
hasActivities	backcountry skiing ⓘ downhill skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Squaw Valley ⓘ surface form: Olympic Valley
hasFeature	Olympic heritage sites ⓘ high-elevation ski terrain ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport	Reno–Tahoe International Airport ⓘ
hasOfficialRenaming	Squaw Valley self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Olympic Valley, California
hasOlympicVenueType	multi-sport winter venue ⓘ
hasResortVillage	base village area ⓘ
hasSeason	winter sports season ⓘ
hasSkiLifts	chairlifts ⓘ gondola lifts ⓘ
hasSport	alpine skiing ⓘ freestyle skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ
hasTerrainType	alpine terrain ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	road access via State Route 89 ⓘ
hostedEvent	1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ
knownFor	1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ alpine skiing ⓘ ski resort tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Placer County ⓘ surface form: Placer County, California Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Tahoe ⓘ
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Reno ⓘ surface form: Reno, Nevada Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
olympicClosingDate	1960-02-28 ⓘ
olympicGamesNumber	1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ surface form: VIII Olympic Winter Games
olympicHostCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
olympicHostState	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
olympicOpeningDate	1960-02-18 ⓘ
olympicSportsHosted	alpine skiing ⓘ cross-country skiing ⓘ figure skating ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ ski jumping ⓘ
openedAsSkiResort	1949 ⓘ
partOf	Lake Tahoe Basin ⓘ surface form: Lake Tahoe region
renamingReason	removal of derogatory term "squaw" ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1960 Winter Olympics → bidWinner → Squaw Valley ⓘ

Lake Tahoe Basin → contains → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squaw Valley–Alpine Meadows area

Placer County → contains → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squaw Valley (Olympic Valley), California

Alexander Cushing → employer → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squaw Valley Ski Corporation

Squaw Valley → hasAlternativeName → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympic Valley

Lake Tahoe → hasNearbySkiResort → Squaw Valley ⓘ

Squaw Valley → hasOfficialRenaming → Squaw Valley self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympic Valley, California

1960 Winter Olympics → hostCity → Squaw Valley ⓘ

VIII Olympic Winter Games → hostCity → Squaw Valley ⓘ

1960 Winter Olympics → locationRenamed → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palisades Tahoe

1960 Winter Olympics → mainVenue → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Alexander Cushing → residence → Squaw Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squaw Valley, California