COUNTY OF PLACER
PLANNING COMMISSION
AGENDA
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
10:00 A.M.
TAHOE HEARING
MEETING LOCATION:
NORTH TAHOE EVENT CENTER
8318 NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, KINGS BEACH, CA 96143

SQUAW VALLEY / ALPINE MEADOWS BASE-TO-BASE GONDOLA
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT (PLN15-00398) – PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT
SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT 5 (MONTGOMERY)

Conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) for the Squaw Valley-Alpine
Meadows Base-to-Base Gondola Project. Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are
separate ski facilities that are both under ownership of, and operated by, the project
proponent, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (SVSH). The project proposes to install and
operate a gondola interconnecting the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows base areas
and install eight avalanche mitigation devices (Gazex exploders) at Alpine Meadows.
Four alternatives are analyzed in the Draft EIS/EIR, including a No Action Alternative
and three action alternatives that would result in the installation of a base-to-base
gondola under different alignments and the installation of Gazex exploders at Alpine
Meadows.

A copy of the Draft EIS/EIR is available for review (public review period is open from
April 27, 2018 through June 11, 2018) during normal business hours at the Tahoe City
Library (740 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA), the Truckee Library (10031
Levon Avenue, Truckee, CA), the Placer County Community Development Resource
Agency offices in Tahoe City (775 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA) and in
Auburn (3091 County Center Drive, Auburn, CA), the Tahoe National Forest
Supervisor’s Office (631 Coyote Street, Nevada City, CA), and the Tahoe National
Forest Truckee Ranger District (10811 Stockrest Springs Road, Truckee, CA).
The Draft EIS/EIR is also available online at:

https://www.squawalpinegondola-eis.com/library/documents, and
https://www.placer.ca.gov/departments/communitydevelopment/envcoordsvcs/eir/squ
awvalleygondolaproject

Project Location: 2600 Alpine Meadows Road, Tahoe City; 1960 Squaw Valley
Road, Olympic Valley, extending from the base of the Alpine Meadows Ski Area to the
base of the Squaw Valley Ski Area.