Schweitzer Mountain
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Idaho in USA. The resort is in the town of Sandpoint, ID.
We recently ranked all of Idaho's ski resorts, so you can see where Schweitzer Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Schweitzer Mountain is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Schweitzer Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Schweitzer Mountain Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Schweitzer Mountain has a total of 92 ski trails, which are serviced by 10 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 2,900 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 1,174 hectares, 4.5 square miles, or 11.7 square kilometers.
Schweitzer Mountain's slopes see on average 300 inches (7.6 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 25 feet every year!
Total Runs
92
Lifts
10
Skiable Acres
2,900(12 km2)
Annual Snowfall
300"(762 cm)
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort Elevation
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 6,400 feet, or 1,951 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,000 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,400 feet (731 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Schweitzer Mountain'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
6,400'(1,951 m)
Vertical Drop
2,400'(731 m)
Base Elevation
4,000'(1,219 m)
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
69.3out 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
Schweitzer Mountain has 2,900 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Schweitzer Mountain's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 40% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 50% as expert.
Beginner
10%(290 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
40%(1,160 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
50%(1,450 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 Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?
Schweitzer Mountain is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 50% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort Location
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort is located in the state of Idaho, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Sandpoint, ID.
Address:
Sandpoint, ID 83864 USA
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Website:
schweitzer.com
GPS Coordinates:
48.35000, -116.59000
Getting to Schweitzer Mountain Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 48.35000, -116.59000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Sandpoint, 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 Schweitzer Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane International Airport | GEG | Spokane, WA | 67 mi |
| Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport | YCG | Castlegar, BC | 81 mi |
| Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport | YXC | Cranbrook, BC | 94 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Schweitzer Mountain 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 Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Mountain | Libby, MT | 5,952 ft | 70% | 32 mi |
| Mt. Spokane | Mead, WA | 5,889 ft | 51% | 38 mi |
| Silver Mountain | Kellogg, ID | 6,300 ft | 60% | 43 mi |
| 49 Degrees North | Chewelah, WA | 5,774 ft | 51% | 45 mi |
| Echo Valley | Colville, WA | 3,900 ft | 50% | 64 mi |
| Salmo Ski Hill | Salmo, BC | 3,100 ft | 34% | 66 mi |
| Lookout Pass | Mullan, ID | 5,650 ft | 45% | 74 mi |
| RED Mountain | Rossland, BC | 6,807 ft | 72% | 76 mi |
| Whitewater | Nelson, BC | 6,709 ft | 69% | 79 mi |
| Kimberley Alpine Resort | Kimberly, BC | 6,500 ft | 62% | 96 mi |
Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 6,400 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,000 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 2,400 ft |
| Trails | 92 (10% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 50% Expert) |
| Lifts | 10 |
| Skiable Acres | 2,900 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 300 inches |