For the first post of Skiing in North Idaho on my skiing blog, I would like to introduce the local ski mountains of the North Idaho Pandhandle. North Idaho has three wonderful ski resorts that offer a wide variety of terrian and accomondations. These three ski areas are all within 2 hours of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, which is Northern Idaho's largest city. The three ski resports that will be explored in this blog at Silver Mountain, Lookout Pass, and Schwietzer Mountain.
Silver Mountain is located in Kellogg, Idaho. It is home to the world's longest gondoloa. Silver Mountain offers skiing and snowboarding lessons, a terrian park, a golf course, a water park, and a village atmosphere. It has a ton of backcountry and side country with North Face Glades a highly recommended run on pow days.
Lookout Pass is located near the Idaho-Montana border just outside of Mullan, Idaho. The mountain is usually one of the first open and last to close. It recieves the most snow fall out of the three major North Idaho ski resports, and they are expanding with many phases adding new chair lifts that will expand into Montana. Look our for Lookout Pass as it grows.
Schwietzer Mountain is the largest mort resort fell mountain in North Idaho. It has high speed quads that create hot laps all day long. The T-Bar and SnowGhost chair are most highly recommended for the expert skier who likes the deep pow. Big Blue is also easily accessible side-country, so grab your skins if your headed up to Schwietzer.
For more information on these mountains go to www.silvermt.com, www.skilookout.com, or www.schweitzer.com/.
Thanks for reading my resort guide to North Idaho. Please check my blog next week as I will discuss Icelanctic skis, which are made in Colorado. Ski you then.
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