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{{Infobox ski area

|name=Squaw Valley

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|___location=Olympic Valley

|nearest_city=Tahoe City, CA; Truckee, CA; Reno, NV

|lat_degrees=39

|lat_minutes=11

|lat_seconds=0

|lat_direction=N

|long_degrees=120

|long_minutes=15

|long_seconds=0

|long_direction=W

|top_elevation=9,050 ft (2,760 m)

|base_elevation=6,200 ft (1,890 m)

|skiable_area=4,000 acres (16 km²)

|number_trails=177

|longest_run=3.2 miles (The Mountain Run)

|liftsystem=33 lifts

|snowfall=450 in (11 m)

|external_link=[http://www.squaw.com Official Site]

|}}

[[Image:TahoePanorama.jpg|thumb|Lake Tahoe from Squaw Valley.|230px]]

{{dablink|For other places with the same name, see [[Squaw Valley]]}}

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The '''Squaw Valley Ski Resort''' in [[Squaw Valley, California (Ski Area Valley)|Olympic Valley, California]], is one of the largest and most high-concept [[skiing|ski]] areas in the [[United States]], and was the site of the [[1960 Winter Olympics]]. It is the second-largest ski area at [[Lake Tahoe]], (after [[Heavenly Ski Resort|Heavenly]]), boasting highly-advanced [[chairlift]]s ([[High speed quads]] and [[High speed six packs]]), as well as the only [[Funitel]] outside of [[Europe]]. Because of the resort's popularity, the entire community of Olympic Valley is commonly referred to as "Squaw Valley." The resort attracts 600,000 skiers a year.

| name = PRIDE 2

| image = PRIDE FC II.jpg

| promotion = [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]]

| date = [[March 15]], [[1998]]

| venue = [[Yokohama Arena]]

| city = [[Yokohama]]

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = [[PRIDE 1]]

| followingevent = [[PRIDE 3]]

|}}

'''PRIDE 2''' was a [[mixed martial arts]] event held by [[PRIDE|KRS-PRIDE]] (later renamed PRIDE Fighting Championships). It took place at [[Yokohama Arena]] in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]] on March 15, 1998. Kazushi Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Vernon White, and Marco Ruas all made their PRIDE debuts at this event.

Perched atop the Sierra Nevada, with a base of 6,200 feet (1,890 m) and spread across 6 peaks and 4,000 acres (16 km²), Squaw tops out at 9,050 feet (2,760 m) above sea level at Granite Chief. With bountiful maritime snowfall--often receiving 40 or more feet (12 m) in a winter, amounting to snowpack depths of {{Unit in|200|-2}}--and steep, granite-laden terrain, Squaw Valley is a mecca for Big Mountain, or steep, skiing. Legendary cliff and chute-infested areas like The Palisades or The Fingers have been featured in many ski films, and have likewise attracted a melange of professional and pro-caliber skiers including Shane McConkey, CR Johnson, Ingrid Backstrom, JT Holmes and [[Scot Schmidt]].

==History Results ==

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Royler Gracie]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Naoki Sano|Yuhi Sano]]===

Since its opening in [[1949]], Squaw has positioned itself among an A-list of North American Big Mountain Skiing meccas such as [[Alta Ski Area|Alta]], [[Whistler-Blackcomb_Resort|Whistler-Blackcomb]], [[Jackson Hole Mountain Resort|Jackson Hole]] and [[Mount Crested Butte, Colorado|Crested Butte]], combining with its laid-back California culture to earn the moniker "Squallywood".

Gracie defeated Sano by armbar at 33:14 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Juan Mott]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Akira Shoji]]===

The [[resort]] operates year-round, offering various activities in both [[winter]] and [[summer]], including an [[ice skating]] rink, [[horseback riding]], a swimming lagoon and spa, and [[tennis]] courts.

Shoji defeated Mott by submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:47 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| JPN}} [[William Roosmalen]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Ralph White]]===

A scenic cable car ([[aerial tramway]]) carries visitors up 2,000 vertical feet (610 m) to the High Camp Bath and Tennis Club. The cars are attached to a fixed point on the suspended cable loop. When one car is at the top of the mountain, the other car is at the bottom. In April, 1978, one cable slipped loose from its moorings and sliced through one of the cars, killing four passengers and injuring several others.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.notram.org/squaw1.htm|title= Survivors describe the terror ||date=1978-04-17 |accessdate=2007-01-01 |publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>

William Roosmalen defeated Ralph White by KO (knee to the body).

==={{flagicon| JPN}} [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Vernon White]]===

By 1942 [[Wayne Paulsen]], a former star skier from [[University of Nevada-Reno]] acquired {{Unit acre|2000|-2}} acres in present-day Olympic Valley, CA from Southern Pacific Railroad. By 1946, Paulsen met [[Alexander Cushing]], a Harvard-trained lawyer, with the political connections and access to money that would make the resort a success. Shortly before opening in 1949, Paulsen and Cushing had a falling-out over the future of the resort. Cushing ended up controlling the [[Squaw Valley Ski Corp]] that brought the [[1960 Winter Olympics]] to Squaw Valley and transformed Lake Tahoe with his vision for the mountain and innovations in the ski industry. Until his death, Cushing was the founder and chairman of Ski Corporation, the parent company of the Squaw Valley resort. Cushing modeled Squaw Valley after European resorts by putting pools and lodging on the mountain instead of at the base, and brought the latest lift technology to the United States.

Sakuraba defeated White by submission (armbar) at 6:53 of round 3.

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Renzo Gracie]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Sanae Kikuta]]===

Though the 1960 Olympics had practically been promised to [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], Cushing went to [[Paris]] in [[1955]] with a scale model of his proposed Olympic site -- even though his mountain had only one lift at the time -- and persuaded the [[International Olympic Committee]] to choose Squaw Valley. It was the first Winter Olympics to be televised live and attracted millions of viewers. The 1960 Winter Games provided a significant boost in visibility that signaled that American skiing had risen to the level expected of European resorts.

Gracie defeated Kikuta by submission (guillotine choke) at :43 round 6.

==={{flagicon| TRI}} [[Gary Goodridge]] vs. {{flagicon| BRA}} [[Marco Ruas]]===

Squaw Valley is also noted for the annual Squaw Valley writer's conference, which attracts authors from all over the world each August. There are also many summer camps which operate out of the Valley.

Ruas defeated Goodridge by submission (Heel Hook) at 9:09 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| CRO}} [[Branko Cikatic]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Mark Kerr]]===

==Notes==

Cikatic was disqualified for grabbing the ropes at 2:14 of the first round.

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==ExternalSee linksalso==

* [[List of PRIDE events]]

*[http://www.squaw.com/ Squaw Valley official web site]

*[http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/ Community of Writers at Squaw Valley]

*[http://unofficialsquaw.com/ Unofficial Squaw - Reporting from under Tram Rock]

*[http://www.squawvalleyvisitor.com/podcast/index.php/ Squaw Valley Update (video & audio)] - Daily official snowphone and weekly video podcast

*[http://www.snowguide.org/ski_area/62/squaw_valley_usa.htm Squaw Valley Mountain Info on SnowGuide.org]

*[http://www.skihall.com/2003_Inductees.asp?ID=8 US National Ski Hall of Fame entry on Alexander Cushing]

*[http://www.micmacmedia.com/Sierra_Stories/Poulsen_Peak/poulsen_peak.html The Story behind Poulsen Peak]

*[http://3dskimaps.com/index.php?path=squawvalley 3dSkiMap of Squaw Valley Ski Resort]

== External links==

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|external_link=* [http://www.squawpridefc.com/ Official SitePRIDE Website]

* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&eventid=47 Sherdog.com]

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