Nestled at the base of Squaw Valley ski area in Olympic Valley, CA, the Resort at Squaw Creek offers modern mountain lodging in a beautiful Lake Tahoe setting. With ski-in/ski-out access to the mountain and hundreds of luxurious rooms and suites, it’s an ideal place to stay during your Lake Tahoe adventure. The resort features a championship golf course, cross-country ski center, fly fishing center, ice-skating rink, heated swimming pools, water slide, scenic hiking, and biking trails.

Whether you’re planning a family vacation or looking for a world-class corporate conference destination, Resort at Squaw Creek provides everything you need for a fabulous experience. The luxurious Spa at Squaw Creek, rated a Top 5 Resort Spas by Conde Nast Traveler, incorporates inspiration from nature into its setting. Soothing water features, Aspen trees, river rocks, and natural sunlight help create a soothing and luxurious spa environment.

We caught up with Spa Manager Kacey O’Rourke to learn more about the wide variety of spa and wellness offerings at the Resort at Squaw Creek.

Why You’ll Love It: We have a group of extremely talented providers with an impressive resume of different techniques and training in different modalities. Some of those modalities include active muscle release, lymphatic drainage, and energy work.

Insider’s Tip: Our spa showers are equipped with a relaxing eucalyptus spray so you can enjoy the benefits of a steam room while you shower. The spray is also available in our retail space to continue the spa experience at home.

Wellness Offerings: Guests at the Resort at Squaw Creek can take advantage of a vast array of wellness activities, including resort-guided recreational activities and day-long excursions—from bike and float tours to Lake Tahoe and rafting trips down Truckee River—or venture out solo to soak up the natural surroundings at their own pace. The resort’s Recreational Director Aaron Garsombke curates a roster of unique recreational outings every day.

The luxurious Lake Tahoe Spa at Squaw Creek sets minds at ease with natural colors, materials, and textures that bring the beauty of the outdoors in. In addition to enjoying the soothing water features, Aspen trees, river rocks and natural sunlight, guests can choose from a host of massage treatments, facials and body treatments to unwind after a day of exploring Lake Tahoe.

Key Features: 

Spa facilities include:

• 10 treatment rooms 

• Memory foam treatment beds

•  A Spa Sanctuary offering hot tea and a warm, comfortable space to help guests relax before and after treatments

• A Spa boutique

• Men's and women's locker rooms with dry saunas and steam rooms

• Outdoor whirlpools

• Year-round heated swimming pools

• A comprehensive fitness center

In addition, the resort features a spa treatment lounge known as the Tranquility Room. It’s perfect for couples, bachelorette parties, wedding parties, or even just a group of friends enjoying après ski together.

Spa Snacks: The spa does have light snacks in our relaxation lounge like mixed nuts, dried fruits and pretzels. With some of our Tranquility Room packages, we offer a melon and berry plate, cheese and charcuterie board, or locally made truffles. If you are looking for a full meal option, The Resort at Squaw Creek has six on-site restaurants in Squaw Valley, each with a different ambiance and menu. All of our food is made from scratch using local ingredients, seasonal fruits and vegetables. This includes all of our breads and pastries, which are baked fresh daily in our pastry kitchen.

Insider’s Favorite/Unique Treatment: Our most unique treatment for the spa is the Squaw Valley Sacred Journey, which also happens to be my favorite. The unique aspect of the treatment is at the beginning: a light burning of sage is used to cleanse your energy prior to your service. This session also includes an aromatherapy hot stone massage with notes of pine and sage, indigenous to the Squaw Valley area, along with a mud wrap.

Luxurious Splurge Treatment: I recommend a HydraFacial—it’s a must-try facial that has results unlike any other in the industry. A HydraFacial is a hydradermabrasion treatment that carries out their three-part patented regiment of cleansing, exfoliating, and then infusing your skin with customizable serums. The service also has automated painless extractions to clean pores and remove blackheads. After just one service, you will see a noticeable difference in the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, congested pores, and skin tone. The best part of this facial is that it’s great for all skin types and requires no recovery time, unlike traditional peels.

Featured Brands: At the spa we have a wide variety of products for health and wellness. Our two main skin care brands are Kerstin Florian and Cosmedix, which are featured in a number of our facials. We also have great products from FarmHouse Fresh that we utilize in our seasonal specials, like our Hot Butter Rum Scrub or our Warm Honey Wrap. FarmHouse Fresh has a lovely CBD line that we also use in our treatments and enhancement services.

For more information, visit destinationhotels.com/squawcreek. Follow Squaw Creek on Instagram: @ResortAtSquawCreek, Facebook: @ResortAtSquawCreek and Twitter: @SquawCreek.

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Resort at Squaw Creek

400 Squaw Creek Rd

Olympic Valley, CA 96146

(530) 412-7034