Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows: Tales from Two Valleys
Eddy Starr Ancinas, descendent of a California ski and mountaineering family, first skied at Badger Pass in Yosemite in the 1940s before following many California skiers to Sugar Bowl and on to Squaw Valley when it opened in 1948. She was a guide for the International Olympic Committee in Squaw Valley at the 1960 Olympics, where she met her husband, a member of the Argentine Olympic Team. They raised their family in Alpine Meadows, where he was a ski coach for the Lake Tahoe Ski Club. During the '70s and '80s, they owned and operated ski shops (Casa Andina) in both Alpine and Squaw. Eddy has been a contributor toSkiing Heritagemagazine and has published an article on the 1960 Olympics forThe Atlantic. Currently, she is a board member of the future Squaw Valley Olympic Museum and Sierra Ski Heritage Center. She and her husband live between the two valleys.