U.S. Alpine Championships Coming to Squaw

Palisades Tahoe will welcome a host of Olympic athletes during the 2014 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships March 19-23. This year’s Alpine Championships will be America’s chance to see Team USA’s top skiers compete on home soil as they return from the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

From News Release...

[Olympic Valley, Calif.] March 3, 2014 – Palisades Tahoe welcomes a host of Olympic athletes to the mountain for the 2014 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships March 19-23. This year’s Alpine Championships will be America’s chance to see Team USA’s top skiers compete on home soil as they return from the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

In addition to hosting the U.S. Alpine Championships, Palisades Tahoe will also host a Welcome Home Celebration for all of the Olympic athletes from the Reno/Tahoe area upon their return from Sochi. The Welcome Home Celebration will take place on the evening of Friday, March 21, and will feature an athlete parade, fireworks, athlete autograph session, live music and more.

“It takes a community to raise an Olympian – and it takes a community to welcome them home,” said Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows. “We invite everyone to join us as our entire community welcomes home our region’s athletes from competing so very well in Russia."

During the 2014 U.S. Alpine Championships, Palisades Tahoe athlete and Olympic gold medalist, Julia Mancuso, will be competing on home turf following her bronze medal performance in Sochi. Also returning from Sochi to compete at home will be four-time Olympian Marco Sullivan, and Travis Ganong, who placed 5th in the Downhill during in his first Olympics.

“It's great to get to race at my home mountain and it's awesome to have Squaw's support for ski racing,” said Julia Mancuso. “They did an exceptional job last season, so I definitely look forward to some more great races on home snow during Nationals.”

In addition to Palisades Tahoe’s own athletes, the 2014 U.S. Alpine Championships are expected to include Olympic champions Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO), all of whom earned medals in February’s Olympic Winter Games.

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