The 2000-foot cable car ride takes 8 minutes, so you won't have a lot of time to enjoy view such as this one, which takes in much of Squaw Valley's 4,000 acres. Snowfall varies by year, but averages between 400 and 600 inches at the mountaintop.
A Powder Day View Squaw Valley Pictures
From Betsy Malloy, About.com
A Powder Day View from the Cable Car
Courtesy of Eric Brandt/Squaw Valley Ski Corp.More About Squaw Valley
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