One day after Christmas, the opportunity to ski or hang out with a legend is available at Palisades Tahoe ski resort.
Olympic champion Jonny Moseley will be skiing and mingling with guests at Palisades Tahoe on Dec. 26-31. Below are the dates and times to ski or interact with Moseley.
SKIING WITH JONNY! Tuesday through Sunday (Dec. 31), from 1:45 to 4 pm. Meet at the Funitel Plaza, at the big sign in the Palisades Tahoe Village
HERE’S JONNY! Tuesday through Sunday, from 4-5 pm. Après with Moseley at the Palisades Tahoe Plaza Bar, located on the second floor of Olympic House.
A Hall of Fame skier who learned on the slopes of Squaw Valley (now Palisades Tahoe), Moseley was freestyle skiing gold medal winner in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He has always called the Truckee ski resort his home mountain.
Several years ago when speaking with Tahoe Ski World, Moseley said spending the holidays at Palisades Tahoe is special for him and his family. Winter weekends in his youth were spent at the famed resort, honing his skills for what would eventually become Olympic fame.
Although his competitive skiing days are long gone, the 48-year-old Moseley still keeps a close association with his home resort as a ski ambassador, a tie that goes back more than three decades and includes plenty of time in the cabin that his parents purchased long ago. He also narrates the annual Warren Miller film.
“Jonny is approachable and engaging with our guests, from helping out at the rental shops to skiing with our guests, media and special groups,” a press release stated several years ago. “We are very fortunate to have partnered with such an incredibly esteemed, genuine and charismatic representative.”
Moseley was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but it’s not a stretch to suggest that he “grew up” at Squaw. He began skiing there at age 3 in the Mighty Mites program and progressed so rapidly that Moseley won his first ski race two years later. By age 7, he was a member of Squaw’s freestyle ski team.
A daring young skier, Moseley became master of the moguls and proved it to the world by performing his signature 360 Mute Grab and capturing the gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Moseley can reflect on his decorated ski career, yet he prefers living in the present. Jonny and Malia Moseley’s two teenage boys learned to ski in the same Mighty Mites program as their dad.
“It’s kind of funny; they are carrying on the tradition. It’s great. We are very lucky,” Jonny said.
