Powder, steeps and trees
- a review on Silver Mountain Ski & Summer Resort
- in Idaho
- by spknmike
Cons: 20 minute gondola ride, grooming, lift layout, deferred ski expansion
Silver Mountain boasts it has the longest single stage gondola in the world. This can be a good and bad thing: Good as it makes access from Spokane and Coeur d'Alene a breeze on I-90 in any weather. The downside is, its always a 20 minute wait before you're skiing and sometimes longer on (windy) storm days. Snow is consistent and powder days are frequent. The area receives over 300 inches of snow a year and lifts don't operate midweek to allow for plenty untracked snow on "Powder" Thursdays. Silver is also known to run the longest season in the area.. with some years running the lifts in early June. Patrol, lifties and staff are helpful and friendly. The ski area has a modest 2200 foot vertical drop and endless inbound gladed... » read more
