WINTER SPORTS -- Silver Mountain Resort has just announced it will open lifts for skiing on Monday morning, moving up the date four days from an annoucement made a few days ago. Steady snowfall in the region's mountains this week has given skiers and snowboarders…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center will begin issuing regular avalanche advisories on Friday mornings beginning Dec. 16, said Kevin Davis, Forest Service hydro tech in Sandpoint. The center is working on a new website with information that will be available to smartphones.…
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