Schweitzer is 352 miles east of Seattle, and Sandpoint is served by Amtrak. It stretches for three miles, the world's longest, and it lifts skiers directly from Interstate-90 at Kellogg to Mountain Haus at 5,700 feet. With nice touches like free ski check and wax at Mountain Haus, management is on the right track. The 40 percent advanced ski terrain helps too. There are a total of 50 trails on 2,200 feet of vertical, served by five chairlifts and a short surface tow on beginner terrain.
Silver Mountain is certainly worth getting to know now, before it gets even bigger.
Management says an adjacent 32,000 acres of private land is available for future development. Boise's Amtrak station brings in the destination skiers, and lodging both at the base and on the mountain keeps them on the slopes. Bogus is big 2,600 acres and has 1,800 feet of vertical, the most extensive night skiing in the Northwest, and, like British Columbia's Red Mountain and Oregon's Mount. Bachelor, Bogus has 360-degree skiing around its highest peak. Real time rates, availability and instant confirmations.