The Cable Car

Gorgeous views while riding up the cable car to the slopes. Pretty breathtaking, very safe and theres seating around the edges. It can get a little smelly towards the end of the day because people go in and out after skiing all day and the small water puddles but the view will take your mind off that.

A must do if your at Squaw Valley Resort! Breathtaking views of the Sierras! Take the cable car ride up to High Camp! You thank yourself! The ride is smooth. You can see for miles on a clear day! Besides if you want to get up to the pool, well this is your way up unless you’d like to hike the little over a mile trail up! The operators give you a bit of history of the area and point out interesting points of interest to the group.
Relaxing ride up or down.

It’s a quick way up the mountain with some very impressive views. It’s a better deal in the winter where $ 24 will get you both ways.
Not recommended if you get vertigo as the you get pretty high off the ground. It’s an almost sheer drop from the first tower.
We went on a clear day and the views off the top were spectacular. You can see a large slice of Lake Tahoe. There are some historical pictures and information in the hallway between the café and the restrooms that detail the building of the cable car, which is somewhat interesting. The Olympic Museum is also worth a visit (since it’s free).

This is such a fun activity — fabulous views of the mountains and Lake Tahoe, and a great ride up to the High Camp. Katie the Cable Car Operator is helpful and nice.

The Cable Car provides breathtaking views of this gorgeous mountain and resort. You can also take this up and ride down the mountain for night skiing as well. I’m not a fan of waiting for it though b/​c it seems like an eternity.

The cable car is wonderful but don’t even think about buying the sunset dinner. It is in a room with almost no view and our food was cold and awful.

The cable car does offer breathtaking views, I especially love all the rock formations up there as well as the weather beaten pines that cling to the mountaintop, but this ride is ridiculously overpriced. You pay for each way, and the price does not include anything else (like getting onto the Olympic skating rink).
If you can hoof it (and keep in mind the altitude), I suggest hiking up there. It’s not a lot of mileage, but it’s an intermediate to difficult hike (don’t bring tots). The hike is beautiful. Midway up you’ll come across the tiny but crystalline Shirley Lake. If you hit the hike on the right time of year, you’ll see tons of gorgeous wildflowers.
I recommend hiking up and then walking the big dirt road back down if you’re adventurous, fit and poor.

Spectacular views and a bit of a thrill if you are kind-​of-​but-​not-​really scared of heights. The cable car engineers are fairly entertaining and for $ 20 I can’t think of a better way to scale a mountain in just a few minutes time (unless they invent awesome catapults in the near future)…and while I’m thinking about this, what’s the deal with people who find it’s their duty to ask the engineer about the last time total disaster struck? Not even five minutes into our ascent some guy asks about the last time the cables snapped (FYI It was in the late 70’s and no passengers were in transit) on the Cable Car? That just makes the nervous even more unsure about the trip. I chuckled but my girlfriend was horrified. Anyway… the cable car is a good ride… in my opinion, it’s more fun on the descent.

I just got back from snowboarding at Squaw and since i have one of those all-​access things i was able to ride the Cable Car a few times. It’s pretty awesome. Once you get to the top view is phenomenal and it’s a nice trip back. If you are ever in this area i would advice you to give this thing a try.
At the top of the Cable car they have an ice skating rank as well as a fairly decent restaurant and bar… However since the previous post mentions that if you were to get a ticket it’s 19 $ … i’m not so sure i would pay that. While i give this thing 5 stars i probably would not pay that much money to drive up on a glass box unless i was really hammered.

If you’re ever in Squaw in the summertime, you definitely want to ride the cable car up to High Camp. It’s a beautiful view of the valley and at times it may give you a little vertigo on the ascent. Tickets are $ 19 for adults, but well worth the view during the leisurely ascent. For those who are a bit more active, you can hike up to high camp — which is said to take a few hours.