The Silverado chair at Squaw Valley, CA is officially open for the season as it started turning for the first time on 25th of February. This now expands the open terrain options for advanced riders and includes most of the favourite terrain found at Squaw Valley, CA.What’s unique about Silverado is that it cannot open until there is enough natural snowfall and snowpack to build out the Oregon Trail access roads down to the bottom of the lift. This allows riders to get back to the base of the lift to do it all again.
Silverado Chair - Image Credit - SquawAlpine Its unique position in the trail map in the bottom back of the resort means the natural snowfall has to be continual and decent to allow mountain ops to push around enough snow to build a solid base, this has been harder in the 20/21 season because of lack of consistent snow. Last week saw some rainfall below 7,000’ which gave the snow enough stick to be able to hold together and support the grooming machines.
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