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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…
2021 Anniversary Celebration: Andrea Mead Lawrence
Join our 1960 Winter Games historical trivia series: Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and environmentalist Andrea Mead Lawrence got her education on the slopes…
2021 Anniversary Celebration: Alpine Ski Terrain
Join our 1960 Winter Games historical trivia series: When it comes to Olympic ski racing, alpine skiing is one of the most popular events—and one of the most dangerous…
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…
January Blizzard Warning
Tim Bogardus, SNOW Sports Museum Contributor | When ‘blizzard warnings’ are posted, folks at the SNOW Sports Museum get excited. We’re all about the snow sports, obviously, so piles and piles of incoming snow gets everyone all fired up to ski, ride, skate, and stride!
Press Releases
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
QuickTurns – Preserving the Past
A Conversation with Olympic Ski Museum Foundation Executive Director Jill Milne
By Nancy O’Connell