Squaw Valley is the name of the world famous ski area in the Sierra mountain community of Olympic Valley, California. Squaw Valley is also the name the locals use for this magical valley. It is located on Hwy. 89 just north of Tahoe City, near beautiful Lake Tahoe. Squaw Valley has some of finest mountain homes and condominiums in the world. These mountains offer the best in world-class skiing which won the Squaw Valley ski area the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960. Imagine walking from your home to world-class skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, golf, fly fishing, rafting, tennis, horseback riding and a unique shopping experience at the Village at Squaw Valley.
The Village at Squaw Valley, developed by Int rawest, is a ski in/ski out condominium community integrated into a European style alpine village with courtyard cafe's, restaurants, shops and art galleries. It is located at the base of the Squaw Valley ski area. The 287 one, two and three bedroom condominiums in the Village represent the heart of this special four-season mountain resort. The construction on the first phase of the Village, First Ascent, started in June of 2000 and the first occupancy of the homes was on New Years eve of 2001. The construction on the second phase, 22 Station, was started in the summer of 2002 and completed in 2004. The developer inventory has long been sold out, however there are homes in the Village available on the resale market. Resort Realty Services can help you with the purchase or sale of these fine vacation homes.
In late 2010 the Squaw Valley ski area was purchased by KSL Capital Partners of Denver, CO. That purchase also included all of Intrawest's interest in the Village at Squaw Valley - the commercial space and the rental management. KSL plans to spend $50,000,000 on the Squaw Valley ski area over the next 3 - 5 years. In September of 2011 they announced that had purchased Alpine Meadows ski area and the two resorts would be run by the same company. Squaw Valley season pass holders and Alpine Meadows season pass holders now have use of both properties as do day ticket guests. There currently is a shuttle service every 20 minutes between both areas.
Squaw Valley is also home to the Resort at Squaw Creek, a ski in/ski out, four-star destination hotel located at the east edge of the Squaw Valley ski area. Over the years, the hotel has earned a reputation as the preferred destination resort hotel for Squaw Valley and the North Tahoe area putting it on the Conde Nast Traveler magazine's list of the top 30 resorts in North America. The Resort at Squaw Creek offers a rare combination of four-star hotel amenities, such as valet parking, a full-service spa, fine dining, room service, ice-skating rink, tennis courts, heated pools and water slide, fitness center and convention facilities. There is also a small mall for boutique shopping. The property is uniquely situated on the edge of a beautiful mountain meadow, at the base of a ski lift, with direct access to Squaw Valley and a network of scenic hiking and cross country ski trails which are transformed in the summer, to an 18-hole Robert Trent Jones Jr. championship golf course.
At Resort Realty Services, we are especially excited about the recent conversion of the Resort at Squaw Creek to a condo/hotel, with wholly owned plush luxury resort condominium suites, for private ownership. The 400 unit hotel has been converted into 232 condominiums. Approximately 15% are three-bedroom luxury suites, 75% are two-bedroom lock-off suites with the balance being one bedroom suites and studios. Prices started at under $300,000 and on up to $2,000,000 in the initial developer sales offering in March, 2005. Some luxury condos are currently for sale as Short Sales, and presently there are Resort at Squaw Creek Condominiums listed for resale at prices that are significantly lower than the initial developer offering prices. Please call or email us to get more information on the Luxury Condominiums for sale at the Resort at Squaw Creek.
For those who prefer Shared Ownership (Fractional Ownership), opportunities exist at the Olympic Village Inn, at the west end of the valley within walking distance of Squaw Valley USA. Fractional Ownership is for those who don't want to pay the whole cost of a vacation home that they are only going to use from three to eight weeks per year. It is a way to own in Squaw Valley for a very small amount of money. Resort Realty Services specializes in Shared Ownership. Our history with it in this market goes back to the early 1980s. We are experts in Fractional sales for North Lake Tahoe, Truckee, the new Village at Northstar, Tahoe Donner, Old Greenwood and on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.
We have also been selling, Luxury Homes, condominiums and lots in the Squaw Valley, Truckee and North Tahoe area since 1981. We are very familiar with the sub areas of Alpine Meadows, Tahoe Vista, Agate Bay, Carnelian Bay, Cedar Flat, Dollar Point, Lake Forest, Tahoe City, Tahoe Park, Homewood, Tahoma, Meeks Bay, Rubicon Bay as well as Tahoe Donner, Donner Lake, Truckee, Sierra Meadows, Lahontan, Martis Camp, Prosser Lakeview Estates, Pine Forest and Gray,s Crossing.
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