The 1960 Winter Olympics were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort in Squaw Valley, California, United States. The resort was chosen to host the Games at the 1956 meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Squaw Valley was an undeveloped resort in 1955, so the infrastructure and all of the venues were built between 1956 and 1960 at a cost of US$80,000,000. The layout was designed to be intimate, allowing spectators and competitors to reach most of the venues on foot.
Sign outside Olympic Village at Squaw Valley
Ice hockey match between the United States and Soviet Union. The United States won the game, 3–2.
Sixten Jernberg in an Olympic cross-country race
Klas Lestander during the 1960 Olympic biathlon competition
Palisades Tahoe is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Tahoe City in the Sierra Nevada range. From its founding in 1949, the resort was known as Squaw Valley, but it changed its name in 2021 due to the derogatory connotations of the word "squaw". It was the host site for the 1960 Winter Olympics.
The Village at Palisades Tahoe, July 2007
Alpine runs of the 1960 Winter Olympics
Base area in December 2006
Historic marker
