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2021 Anniversary Celebration: Penny Pitou
Join our 1960 Winter Games historical trivia series: Penny Pitou first started skiing at age four, and by the time she was eight, she was racing the boys she grew up with and beating them…
2021 Anniversary Celebration: Olympics on TV
Join our 1960 Winter Games historical trivia series: In addition to many other firsts, it was also the first Olympic Games to be nationally televised…
2021 Anniversary Celebration: Speed Skating
Join our 1960 Winter Games historical trivia series: The most significant news in speed skating at the Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1960 was that women participated…
Wake Up. Fuel Up. Level Up.
The Sunrise Sierra Summit Maple Pear Quinoa Topped with Toasted Oats Patty Mastracco happens to be a world-class chef and cookbook author who makes frequent appearances on TV show cooking segments to impart her mouth-watering recipes with the world. On Friday,...
Give Back Tahoe Donors Support The SNOW Sports Museum in 2020
Tim Bogardus, SNOW Sports Museum Contributor | Thanks to the generous support of a variety of donors, the SNOW Sports Museum raised more than $14,000 during the Give Back Tahoe campaign in December of 2020. We partnered with Grand Pacific Resorts…
Tahoe-Truckee Athletes to Watch at X Games Aspen 2021
Scott Keith, SNOW Sports Museum Contributor | The SNOW Sports Museum recognizes and celebrates winter legends both past and present. Local alpine skiers Travis Ganong and Bryce Bennett have produced strong results in early FIS racing in Europe. But this week…
Press Releases
Project S.N.O.W. 2020 Spring Update
The 2020 Vision Report is Here!Dear Supporters and Friends of The S.N.O.W. Sports Museum,First off, we would like to thank you for your continued support and ongoing interest in the S.N.O.W. Sports Museum project. Together we share a commitment to our unique community...
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley
Lake Tahoe, California: Today, February 18th, 2020 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Winter Olympics held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, an event hailed by Project SNOW and Olympic historians for raising the bar to make the whole experience more accessible and...
Winter Update 2018
Sierra Nevada Olympic & Winter Sports Museum (S.N.O.W.) – Picture This: December 2024