There is no denying that Idaho is the soul of skiing. It’s a place where the spectacular scenery
is outmatched only by the epic steeps. It’s a place where the west’s world-famous champagne
powder blankets the mountain ridges, legendary backcountry, hidden glades and gentle bowls.
It’s a place where 18 ski resorts, 98 chair lifts, over 18,500 skiable acres and nearly 28,000
vertical feet of exhilarating terrain create a world-class winter playground. Isn’t it about time you
got in touch with the soul of skiing?
Idaho is home to the beginning of skiing in the U.S., and continues to provide unforgettable experiences to
those that recreate on its unmatched terrain. In Idaho, the soul of skiing is carried out in a unique way by each
one of the ski resorts. No experience you have will be the same, and each one will be better than the last. Read below
to get a feel for who we are, what our ski resorts represent and why we’re known as the soul of skiing.
“I’m friendly. Real friendly. Down to earth, unpretentious, informal, and genuine. But with a wild streak, too. I surprise people. In a good way. They can’t believe the skiing you can get around here. The diversity of slopes. The lack of crowds. And the interaction with nature. I remind them of a different time when skiing was about the skiing and not all the manufactured trappings. In a word: authentic. Give me a slope with big cruising groomers. A terrain park. Powder. Or bumps. I’ll schuss. Carve. Glide. Float. It’s true – I’ve been known to get lost in the trees and hiked out of a gully. I love the ability to have it all. And when I really want to have it all, I head into the backcountry--where the powder is deep, and the turns, when earned, are twice as sweet.Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy sitting in the lodge with a hot chocolate and sharing stories with family and friends, but I don’t sit in the lodge waiting for the weather to turn. I actually find something to love in every weather condition, in every snow condition. What I lack in ability, I make up for in can-do spirit. And I’ll take a day outdoors in the open space over indoors any day. I’ll spend some extra time at the bottom of a fantastic run to share a few “wahoos” with friends. I’ll pick myself up after a spill, shake the snow out of the nooks and crannies, rearrange my goggles, and point ‘em downhill. I am active. Youthful – a state of mind. Vibrant. Healthy. Independent minded. Full of life. Or as Jean Claude might say, I’ve got joi de vivre. I love family, and at the same time I won’t hesitate to ski all by my lonesome and sing out “single” in the lift line. I just love how beautiful smiles become on a ski hill. Don’t you? They’re just brighter and bigger somehow. Sure, people say I’m an incredible value, and I am – you’ll get an incredibly fun experience at a reasonable cost and customer service that isn’t fabricated, but genuine. I’m neighborly in lift lines, when there are any. And I love making new friends in the course of a 5-minute chair ride. I love adventure. And by that, I mean new experiences. When people leave my slopes, they take me with them, and every time they think of me (and they do, quite often) they get a warm glow. I am Idaho. And I am the soul of skiing.” |
