Lookout Pass
Lookout Pass Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Idaho in USA. The resort is in the town of Mullan, ID.
We recently ranked all of Idaho's ski resorts, so you can see where Lookout Pass stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Lookout Pass is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Lookout Pass Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Lookout Pass's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Lookout Pass around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Lookout Pass Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Lookout Pass has a total of 34 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 540 acres, Lookout Pass Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 219 hectares, 0.8 square miles, or 2.2 square kilometers.
Lookout Pass's slopes see on average 400 inches (10.2 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 33 feet every year!
Total Runs
34
Lifts
4
Skiable Acres
540(2 km2)
Annual Snowfall
400"(1,016 cm)
Lookout Pass Ski Resort Elevation
Lookout Pass Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 5,650 feet, or 1,722 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,500 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,150 feet (351 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Lookout Pass's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.
Summit Elevation
5,650'(1,722 m)
Vertical Drop
1,150'(351 m)
Base Elevation
4,500'(1,372 m)
Lookout Pass Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
45.4out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Lookout Pass has 540 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Lookout Pass is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Beginner
20%(108 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
50%(270 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
30%(162 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Lookout Pass Ski Resort good for beginners?
Lookout Pass can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Lookout Pass Ski Resort Location
Lookout Pass Ski Resort is located in the state of Idaho, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Mullan, ID.
Address:
Mullan, ID 83846 USA
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Website:
skilookout.com
GPS Coordinates:
47.47000, -115.69000
Getting to Lookout Pass Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Lookout Pass Ski Resort), its coordinates of 47.47000, -115.69000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Mullan, ID to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Lookout Pass.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman Moscow Regional Airport | PUW | Pullman/Moscow, WA | 83 mi |
| Missoula International Airport | MSO | Missoula, MT | 84 mi |
| Spokane International Airport | GEG | Spokane, WA | 87 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Lookout Pass Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Lookout Pass Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktail Mountain | Lakeside, MT | 6,780 ft | 44% | 72 mi |
| Mt. Spokane | Mead, WA | 5,889 ft | 51% | 74 mi |
| Schweitzer Mountain | Sandpoint, ID | 6,400 ft | 69% | 74 mi |
| Turner Mountain | Libby, MT | 5,952 ft | 70% | 79 mi |
| Montana Snowbowl | Missoula, MT | 7,600 ft | 64% | 85 mi |
Lookout Pass Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 5,650 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,500 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,150 ft |
| Trails | 34 (20% Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 30% Expert) |
| Lifts | 4 |
| Skiable Acres | 540 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 400 inches |