Wanting to feel "Olympic-y" we headed to our favorite Olympic Village- Squaw.
We came for the kickoff of the Alpenglow Mountain Festival with its film festival, but first we played tourist in this happening spot.
There was a plethora of activities, even for us non-skiers.
There was Scotch tastings and Captain Morgan rumming around. So fun, all of it.
We drank wine out of paper cups while watching humanity. It was an absolutely perfect day.
During the entire Olympic Games, KCRA 3's "Olympic Zone" has been providing TV viewers with plenty of local angles by covering the victories, and sometimes disappointments, of skiers. This seemed extra poignant since so many of the competing athletes hail from Lake Tahoe (the games opened with eight Reno/Tahoe athletes, one local broadcaster and even a Reno cheerleader in attendance).
While we were waiting for our delicious dinner of Poutine, at the PlumpJack restaurant, I ran out to be a part of Olympic history. This photo is our version of "Where's Denise?"
While the Alpenglow event is "nine days of human powered mountain sports", we decided our participation would be limited to attending the critically-acclaimed Mountainfilm Festival in Squaw Valley's Olympic Village Lodge.
Mountainfilm uses the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. It is a documentary film festival that showcases nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues that matter.
We saw several amazing films from a one-legged adventure bicyclist to a family who owns a rodeo in New Jersey. My favorite, however, was Where the Wild Things Play. It opens with three dudes drinking on a Friday night at the local watering hole asking, "Where the ladies at?" Answer: BASE jumping from high desert cliffs, performing tricks on slacklines, climbing granite routes, shredding singletrack, skiing backcountry lines and generally leaving the fellas behind. This rowdy ode to female athletes, by Krystle Wright, left no doubt about the state of women in today’s outdoor world: badass. So dang fun.
No good film festival is complete without free swag. Alpenglow far exceeded our expectations. This event rocked on so many levels. Man, we 💙Squaw!
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1 comments:
Tahoe sure has a lot going on. I hope they determine a good, environmentally friendly solution to the transportation query.
I love the documentary theme.
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