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- Formerly:
- Squaw Valley
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Olympic Valley
Palisades Tahoe, Placer county, eastern California.
Olympic Valley
sports area, California, United States
Also known as: Squaw Valley
Olympic Valley, winter sports area in Placer county, northeastern California, U.S. It lies just northwest of Lake Tahoe. Olympic Valley, the focus of a state recreation area, was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, under its former name, Squaw Valley. It has ice-skating and rock-climbing facilities, ski lifts, and trails and slopes to Washeshu Peak (8,885 feet [2,708 meters]). Palisades Tahoe ski resort is immediately to the south. Several state parks and lakes are in the vicinity, as are Eldorado and Tahoe national forests.
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