community giving through charitable donations or active participation. Lifts Summit Express Roundhouse Express TreeLine Cirque (formerly Hot Wheels) Yellow Chair Meadow Chair Subway Chair Kangaroo Chair Alpine Bowl Chair (known as ABC) Scott Chair Lakeview Chair Sherwood Express Kids Carpet (surface lift) Adult Carpet (surface lift) Movie location Alpine Meadows was featured as the location of the fictional "Alpine College" in the movie Wild Wild Winter. Portions of the movie, including all exterior sequences, were filmed at the resort. The 1966 Universal Pictures comedy was directed by Lennie Weinrib and starred Gary Clarke and Chris Noel. Jamaican ski team Alpine Meadows is a partnership inspired by Errol Kerr, a resident of Truckee who has U.S. and Jamaican citizenship. Kerr represented Jamaica in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Squaw Valley merger and gondola controversies In September 2011, Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley Ski Resort merged under common management led by Squaw Valley’s parent company, KSL Capital Partners. Alpine Meadows’ parent, JMA Ventures, owns a smaller part. The new umbrella entity over both resorts will be known as Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, LLC. Squaw Valley Ski Holdings seeks to connect the two resorts with a “Base-to-Base” gondola. It has been discussed in the media that the new company will seek to eventually combine the two resorts into one mega-resort through an agreement with a local property owner, Troy Caldwell, who owns the land connecting Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley - White Wolf Mountain. If connected via White Wolf, the combined ski area would be the second-largest resort in North America, behind Whistler Blackcomb. Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley offers visitors 6,000 skiable acres, eight peaks, 44 lifts, and over 270 trails. Resort owners need permission from local land managers, including both Placer County and the Tahoe National Forest which are currently studying the proposed project’s environmental impacts. A number of conservation organizations, including Sierra Watch and the Sierra Club, consider the proposed gondola a threat to Granite Chief Wilderness. References External links Avalanches in the United States Alterra Mountain Company Sports venues in Placer County, California Ski areas and resorts in California Tourist attractions in Placer County, California