Peak Adventures OK’d to start skiing

SNOWCAT SKIING — A North Idaho snowcat skiing operation has be issued a temporary permit to continue operating their backcountry ski business out of Cataldo, the owners told S-R reporter Becky Kramer Tuesday.

Peak Adventures, as the company has for years, soon will take advantage of this season’s generous early snowpack to operate in the St. Joe Mountains.

By January, the company should be offering trips, said Carey Stanley, who owns Peak Adventures with her husband, Ryan. The couple told the S-R they have received permission to operate on 3,200 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as well as several thousand acres of Idaho Department of Lands property, Stanley said.

But the couple plan to appeal the BLM’s decision not to extend the permit for use of federal land beyond the 2010-’11 season.