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12/31/2024 Torchlight Parade – Watch or Participate
12/31/2024 TORCHLIGHT PARADE
As a New Years Eve Gift to our guests & the St. Regis, Superior, MT & Mullan, Wallace & Silver Valley, ID community at large, the mountain will host a TORCHLIGHT PARADE on December 31st. The parade starts at ~ 4:45 p.m. & finishes by 5:15 p.m. (PST).
There will be food specials from 3:30 to 5 pm (PST) in our Food Court & Drinks on the Deck.
Full Bar Menu including Brats, Chili & Drinks.
FREE Champagne & Cider after the parade on the deck!
Guests ages 21+ can enjoy a different perspective from the elevated Loft Pub & Grub.
Guests are welcome to come watch, or for those who want to get in on the action, come participate right alongside our employees.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? (Ages 14+ accompanied by a parent who is also participating in the parade with a signed release).
All that want to ski/ride in the torchlight parade must – Pick up a Release (Tickets) and then meet us at the base of Chair #1 at 4:15 to register and then ride to the summit. From there we will issue Torchesand seperate you into groups. We need to have Ski Patrol clear the mountain prior to the start of the Torchlight Parade. Assemble near the Ski Patrol building be assigned a torch and then put into one of two groups.
A full RELEASE OF LIABILITY must be turned in at the bottom of the lift, prior to participation, for each individual wanting to take part.
Please download, fill in and sign your releases.
Keep it dry and bring it to the base of chair #1 to register at 4:15 pm. This will make the registration process go so much quicker. We will then meet next to our Ski Patrol building.
Understandably – Spaces will be limited to the number of Flares we have available.
Invitation is going out to the Lookout Pass Staff, Race Team, Season Pass Holders and our Good Friends of the mountain.
(Participants ideally will be ages 18 and up – but exceptions down to age 14 are available if well supervised by parents also participating in the event).
Best viewing opportunities will be from our Food Court Deck, our Food Service Center, The Loft Pub & Grub Bar or for those hearty souls just standing Outside on the snow will offer the best views.
The path the skiers and snowboarders will likely take will be to make big sweeping turns down the mountain off Black Bear to Gold and if enough participants another group will wind down Interstate, to Bonanza to the base area. All participants will be carrying torches that burn at 1,600 degrees taped onto both ends of bamboo poles.
Drinks on the deck.
FREE Champagne & Cider after the parade on the deck.
All participants must board our Peak 1 Quad Chairlift for a ride to the summit starting around 4:15 with the last group around 4:30.
At the summit you will pick up your flares and assemble into groups of 10 at top of Chair #1 in front of the Ski Patrol shack.
Just prior to 4:45 pm we will start to LIGHT THE FLARES at the summit.
Group leaders will set the path down our intended course(s). Our chosen start time is 4:45pm as we are closing that day at 4pm, with an estimated finish time of 5:15 pm. This will allow guests and participants to enjoy their chosen later night festivities without this event impacting your celebrations. The whole event should be finished by 5:30pm, offering plenty of time for guests to grab a snack with family members in either the Food Court or at the Loft Pub before heading home for other parties or events.
Photo Buffs – This is an extraordinary opportunity to highlight your photo talents, and capture a winner of a photo. Some photos could even be turned into postcards. For those that are proficient with DSLR’s a nice long exposure from a tripod works best. Try 30 to 60 Second exposures or more as you want to capture the movement of the flares allowing them to blur.
Sincerely,
The Lookout Pass Management Team
For safety everyone participating must wear goggles.