Resort at Squaw Creek Offers Group Winter Tours and Team-Building Events
 Planners looking to spice up meetings and conferences this winter should check out the unusual tours and team-building opportunities led by former World Cup and Olympic athletes at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Squaw Valley, Calif. Among the athletes on hand include Tamara McKinney, Bill Hudson, Bob Ormsby, Hansi Standteiner and Kristin Krone, who will lead mountain tours and team-building events that provide groups with a rare experience.
The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, and to commemorate the anniversary, special events will be scheduled throughout the ski season A dedicated Olympic Heritage Celebration will take place Jan. 8-17, 2010, with myriad events, parties and other events, including re-creations of Olympic competitions. Olympians, past and present, from the Lake Tahoe region will be making appearances during this celebration.
Squaw Creek is one of a select few resorts that offer tours and team-building that involve world-class athletes. Programs such as on-mountain experiences typically accommodate as many as 12 attendees per group, and it is recommen place that unique touch for a select number of guests at meetings or conferences.” On-mountain tours typically accommodate as many as 12 people per group. It is recommended that participants be skiers with intermediate-or-above ability. For groups looking to reach a larger audience, athletes are available for team-building events. Also, entire Squaw Creek meetings can be created with an Olympic theme.
AAA Four-Diamond Resort at Squaw Creek offers 360 luxurious rooms and suites along with 33,000 square feet of meeting space, a full-service spa, and a swimming-pool and hot-tub complex. The resort offers access to more than 4,000 acres of terrain served by a network of 33 lifts, including North America’s only Funitel and the world-famous KT-22 Express lift. Other winter activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, dog-sled tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides and skating at an on-property rink. Squaw Valley USA traditionally opens for skiing and snowboarding in late November.
For information on Olympian-led tours, team-building events and speaking engagements, call Cory Carlson at 530-581-6609 or visit www.visitsquawcreek.com.
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