Tales From Two Valleys - Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows By Eddy Starr Ancinas
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Eddy's Latest Book

Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows: Tales from Two Valleys 70th Anniversary Edition
Publication Date: October 7, 2019
Available for Pre-Order from the Publisher


The behind-the-scene stories of the visionaries and entrepreneurs whose imagination, love of the mountains and determination created two (now one) of North America's most popular ski areas.

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Travel Writing

ARGENTINA
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Fodor’s Patagonia Guide
✮ Argentina’s Lake District
"Hundreds of sapphire lakes lie hidden amidst the snow-covered peaks of the Andes on the western frontier with Chile, in what has become the most popular tourist area in Patagonia—the Northern Lake District."
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Fodor’s Argentina Guide (Editions 1-6)
✭ Andean Patagonia
✭ Wine Regions
✭ Northwest
After writing the Introduction, What’s Where and chapters on the Northwest, the Cuyo (wine country) and Andean Patagonia for Fodor’s first guide book, Eddy continued to write the Lake District and Wine Region chapters for 5 more guides.

"High snow-packed peaks, a perfect white volcano mirrored in a still lake, chalk-white glacial streams cascading over polished granite, meadows filled with chin-high pink and purple lupine, fast-flowing rivers, and thousands of lakes..."
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Los Angeles Times Magazine
✭ Argentina – Paradise of Natural Beauty
"From the sub-tropical jungles in the North, to the frozen continent of Antarctica in the South; from the snowy peaks of the Andes in the West, across high plains, Pampas and Patagonia to the Atlantic coast, Argentina is a land of great geographical diversity."
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CHILE
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Los Angeles Times
✭ Chilling out in Chile
"Chile’s ski season begins officially in June, but August and September are the best months to go. The weather and snow conditions are more dependable, the prices are lower and it’s much less crowded – and it’s easier to get there than most people think."
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PERU
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San Francisco Chronicle
✭ A Walk Through The Andes
"For about an hour we rattle along a dirt road through hill country whose valleys are laden with citrus, avocadoes, walnut trees and tomatoes. We stop for lunch at a a lonely ruin called “Tara Huasi” (old house). A long wall of lichen-covered stones stretches before us, their burnished bronze hues glowing in the midday sun."
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Boston Globe
✭ The Sacred Valley of the Incas    
"Urubamba, Peru – It is one of the most scenic, historic and accessible valleys in all of Peru. It basks in the sun between Cusco and Machu Picchu, protected on either side by two mountain ranges: both of which have snowy peaks and glaciers that at 19,000 feet
seem to float above the clouds. It is the Sacred Valley of the Incas."
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Works on Skiing

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The Atlantic
✭ A Winter’s Tale
Squaw Valley celebrates its Olympics 50 years later.
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Skiing History
✭ A White Wolf's Tale
"How a young freestyler snapped up a prime piece of Squaw Valley property—right out from under Alex Cushing."

"In 1989, Troy Caldwell purchased a piece of property from Southern Pacific Land Company. Squaw Valley owner, Alex Cushing, had been hoping to acquire the property for years., but missed the chance when a company accountant mistakenly..."
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Skiing Heritage
✭ Heading West ~ Charley Proctor
"In 1936, Charley Proctor arrived in Ketchum to help scout the ski terrain and plan the lifts at Sun Valley. His diary offers a firsthand account."
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Skiing Heritage
✭ Wayne Poulsen: He Loved Squaw the Best
"One of the West’s most extraordinary, courageous and influential ski pioneers, Wayne Poulsen, was known for the initial development of Squaw Valley. His love of skiing and determination to develop a ski resort in Squaw Valley eventually led to America’s first winter Olympic Games."
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Other Adventures

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Nevada Magazine 2010
✭ Back In The Saddle
"Buck swung up onto his palomino mare with an ease I envied. As his toe searched for a stirrup, his horse reared up, frightening the horses and riders milling about the corral in anticipation of our first day of a four-day cattle drive that would end at the Elko County Fairgrounds."
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