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Welcome to Lookout Pass, where great snow, easy access and affordable prices have earned us the honor of "Most Family-Friendly" mountain resort in the Pacific Northwest by visitors to OnTheSnow.com, one of the most widely viewed travel sites on the web.
Lookout Pass is known for its light, dry snow. With an average of more than 450 inches annually. We're sure you'll enjoy our world class powder here at Lookout Pass. In fact, during a 7-day period ending March 1, 2011, Lookout had more snowfall, 6 and a half feet, than any ski resort in the world according to skiinfo.com!
We're also known for our famous "Lookout Pass FREE Ski School" for kids. This season marks our 83rd year of helping and providing opportunity to those who would like to learn how to ski or ride. The Famous Free Ski School program has had more than 40,000 youngsters participate in the program and we are happy to see generations of families enjoy the life skill of skiing and riding at Lookout Pass.
Here at Lookout Pass, we focus on the things that matter. Our family friendly environment, our world class powder, and our friendly staff are only a few things that you will find while enjoying your visit. Our tree skiing is fantastic, our groomers are impeccable, and our terrain parks are better than ever before. Come up and enjoy all the good times that Lookout Pass has to offer!
Lookout Pass also offers a high level of instruction for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and abilities.
Abby is our new Ski School Director. As a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America PSIA Certification in: Alpine (Level 2), Snowboarding (Level 1), Children's Specialist (Level 2). Abby is always on the move. Lookout Pass has many programs available for a variety of groups such as: the Senior Workshop on Mondays, Downhill Divas for women only on Fridays, and a Childrens program offering 1/2 day lessons on weekends in our Mini-Moose program. Private & group lessons are offered every day the mountain is open.
Photo of PSIA National Team Member - David Lawrence, a Past Lookout Pass Ski School Director out enjoying the snow at Lookout Pass:
In a timeline spanning the next 15-20 years, Lookout Pass has planned to expand lift-served terrain by about 2,000 acres. Our master plan includes opening two additional 6,200 foot peaks west-southwest of the existing ski area that stand as the gateway to the St. Regis Basin. The concept includes a new 20,000 square foot base lodge, and a 14,000 square foot expansion to our existing lodge (the oldest continuously operating ski lodge in Idaho), will also be added to and continue to offer full services.
Phase 1:
Phase 1 of the expansion plan was compleed in time for winter 2021-22. It had undergone the prescreening process required by the National Environmental Act. The U.S. Forest Service approved Phase 1, including 2 new chairlifts off a mountain now christened "Eagle Peak" that straddles the Idaho/Montana border. The trail plan seeks to take advantage of as many north-facing slopes as possible. The expansion will take Lookout Pass to over 1,100 acres, and bring us up to a 1,650 vertical feet. The terrain is mostly comprised of intermediate and advanced trails. Trail clearning was started in summer 2017-18 we'll have one new trail cut, cleared and ready for winter. The new trail (a blue square) is named Tamarack. We also finished two short connector trails in winter 2019-20 called R2C2 (Return to Chair 2) and Get Back, which will get you back to Chair 2 from the new terrain. In addition all other trails were cut part way up the mountain in summer 2020. All Trails were marked and surveyed by the Forest Service and were Logged over the 2021 summer. Lift #5 our Eagle Peak Quad was opened for winter 2022-23.
Phase 2:
Phase 2 includes a new lodge and parking lot at the base of the second additional peak in an area covering about 30 acres. The new base area will continue to be accessed by Exit 0 on I-90, but instead of taking a right turn into the existing parking lot, visitors will take a left and drive down the old Highway 10 - the route over Lookout Pass before the interstate was built. About a mile down the road, the new base area will take shape.
Lookout Pass is one of the original Idaho ski areas having documented skiing and a home-made rope tow in 1935. The local ski pioneers chose Lookout Pass because of the abundant snowfall and excellent snow quality which they could access by jumping on the Northern Pacific railcars as they proceeded east from the mining towns of Wallace and Mullan, Idaho. These ski adventurers would hop off the railcars at the summit and utilize a highway storage shed as a warming hut that they nicknamed “Buzzards Roost”.
Lookout Pass has operated every winter season since 1935 and has a reputation for legendary powder, earliest openings, and the longest seasons in the region. Lookout Pass was voted “The Most Family Friendly Ski Area in the Pacific Northwest” by an independent vote from OnTheSnow.com, the largest on-line winter resort website in the country. The ski area has Quadrupeled in skiable terrain since 2004 and with the finish or the Eagle Peak Expansion we now sit at 1,650 vertical feet and 1,023 Acres of Sikiable terrain. And there is still more to come.
Lookout’s historic base lodge is the 2nd oldest ski lodge in the northwest. The cedar interior offers delightful warmth reminiscent of vintage lodges of the 1940’s.
You will always find a good time and smiles here at Lookout Pass. So round up your friends and family, grab your gear and come on up to Lookout Pass! We are sure you'll have a memorable time!
Lookout Pass Ski Area
Location: Interstate 90 at the Idaho/Montana state line - Exit 0.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 108, Wallace, ID 83873
Physical address: I-90 Exit 0, Mullan, ID 83846
Phone: 208-744-1301; Fax 208-744-1227; Toll Free: 888-512-0764
Web Site: www.SkiLookout.com
Email: Info@SkiLookout.com
54 named runs plus some of the best glade areas of tree skiing in the west!
1,023 skiable acres
20% easiest
50% intermediate
20% advanced
10% expert
Vertical Drop: 1,650'
Base elevation: 4,500'
Summit elevation: 6,150'
Longest run is 1.5 miles in length
Average annual snowfall: 450 inches = 37+ feet
2 Terrain Parks: Rolling Thunder, & Huckleberry Jam. In total they will feature up to 35 rails, and 6-10 jumps!
Lifts: 2 Quad, 2 Triple chair and 1 Double chairs - With 1 more new chair coming soon (Chair #6) as we put the finishing toouches on our Eagle Peak expansion.
Hours of operation: Opening generally in mid Nov. - operating 7 days a week from 12/18 thru the end of March. then 5-6 days a week thru 3rd week in April.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. PST weekdays
8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. PST weekends & over all our Holiday Periods.
Fun Fact: Lookout Pass straddles the Idaho/Montana state line. Ski/Ride two states and cross two time zones in the same run on one mountain!
Summer Operations at Ski Lookout Pass. Starting in the summer of 2020 the mountain opened up 5 Lift Served Downhill Mtn. Bike trails (Mtn Biking no longer available)! In addition a 9-hole Frisbee Golf Course was laid out at the mountains summit. Scenic Chairlift Rides were also offered with both up & down access as well as some choosing to hike down the mountin. These options were open Fri., Sat. & Sun. 10a to 3:00p only on Aug. 31st - Sept. 1 & Sept. 2, 2024.
Lookout Pass is also proud to run the Route of the Hiawatha - Scenic Bicycle Trail. At one time the Hiawatha was home to a historic RR train tracks. It has now become the most scenic Rail-to-Trail Bicycle Trail in the country! Trail can be also be used for hiking or running. It is truely a memorable bike trail that can be enjoyed by friends and family of any age. It has been labeled the "Crown Jewel" of Rail Trails, and the Route of the Hiawatha has also been labeled as "one of the top bike trails in America". To learn more about the Route of the Hiawatha - scenic bicycle trail, click on the link below!