Schweitzer Upgrades Lifts and Amenities for 2012-2013 Winter Over $1 Million Invested for Capital Improvements Sandpoint, ID – Schweitzer Mountain Resort is spending over $1 Million in capital improvements for the 12/13 season. Projects include doubling the size of the Gourmandie market, remodeling the interior of the Ski and Ride center, replacing the drive and […]
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Tickets for the “24 Hours of Schweitzer” auction and awards dinner are still available, with more than 125 auction items and prizes on tap for one of the leading cystinosis fundraisers in the country. The dinner and auction, which start at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 in Schweitzer’s Caribou Room, are held in honor
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Participants and volunteers needed March 30-31 – Registration is now open for the fourth-annual “24 Hours of Schweitzer,” the all-day, all-night fundraiser held in honor of five-year-old Hank Sturgis of Sandpoint, who has the rare, fatal disease cystinosis that affects only 500 people nationwide. Participants, volunteers and sponsors are needed for the March 30-31 round-the-clock
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Earliest opening in 25 years attributed to La Niña and snowmaking Sandpoint, ID – Schweitzer Mountain Resort will open this Saturday, November 19. This is the earliest opening date since the 1984/85 season. These favorable early season conditions are a product of Schweitzer’s snowmaking system combined with over 23 inches of natural snowfall this season.
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Celebrate Everything Huckleberry This Sunday at Schweitzer Mountain Resort Sandpoint, ID – Schweitzer’s 5th annual Huckleberry Festival takes place August 7, 2011. From 8am -4pm tongues will be dyed purple and finger tips stained violet as festival goers devour huckleberry pancakes and embark on huckleberry hikes. Sunday’s festival will also debut the grand opening of
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5th Annual Day for Heather successfully benefits Community Cancer Services of Sandpoint Sandpoint, ID – On Friday, December 10, Schweitzer Mountain Resort presented a donation of over $27,000 to the local Community Cancer Services of Sandpoint. The contribution was the result of the resort’s fifth annual Day for Heather event. Lift tickets were sold all
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Snowmaking and natural snowfall combine for big opening Sandpoint, ID – Schweitzer Mountain Resort will open for the season Friday, November 26th at 9am and operate Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the holiday weekend. Top-to-bottom skiing and riding are anticipated, with the Basin Express Quad, Great Escape Quad, Musical Carpet and Musical Chairs Double expected
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A 15-year-old boy died after skiing into a tree and falling into a tree yesterday at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. Read the Bonner County Daily Bee‘s reporting on the incident here.
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Schweitzer Mountain Resort has officially opened its new beginner downhill mountain bike trail, The Beargrass Trail. The 4-ft-wide beginner downhill trail rides six-and-a-half miles from summit to village at an average grade of 6%. For information on mountain bike rentals and biking events at Schweitzer, visit www.schweitzer.com or call 208.255.3081.
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4 Hikes in Local Natural areas By Olivia Dugenet Cover photo courtesy of Kanisku Land Trust They don’t call it spring fever for nothing. When the big, dark Inland Northwest winter finally melts away and the whole world is green and growing, anything seems possible. Every step outside into the sweet, mild air feels like
