What to do

Winter Recreation

Okanogan Country’s scenic winters and seemingly unending days of sunshine intensify snow experiences. North Cascades has some of the most spectacular scenery and best skiing and snowboarding conditions known to man. A wide panorama of snowy surfaces indulges every wintry whim: High alpine slopes with open chutes, river side groomed trails through aspen thickets, powdery telemarking slopes, and gentle bunny hills with scenic vistas. Take the rope tow up the slope for a fun day of tubing, or how about ice skating on an old-fashioned, outdoor ice skating rink! Experience an invigorating snowshoe trek through the woods with an experienced naturalist. Connect all the groomed trails and ski town-to-town on the second largest, and stunningly beautiful, trail system in the United States! Historic lodges, ski and rental shops, classic dining, and warm brew pubs create a fun après ski evening! Okanogan Country has it all: hundreds of miles of groomed ski trails, sno-parks, alpine skiing, htu-to-hut skiing, heli-skiing, snowboarding, Nordic, cross country skiing, tubing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. With winter festivals, races, and celebrations, Okanogan Country is a hot spot of fun during the cold winter months.

Alpine Skiing

The Loup Loup Ski Bowl, located between Twisp and Okanogan near the summit of the Loup Loup Pass, offers Alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing and tubing for all ages, a fantastic hill with 1,240 vertical feet and a quad chair lift. Loup Loup Ski Bowl grooms 22 km of track, with skating lanes. Not only does the Loup have great ski runs for the advanced or beginning skier, there are great tubing runs & rentals for the whole family to enjoy. Another 46 km of groomed trails are at the Loup Loup’s South Summit Sno-Park.

The main lodge provides a panoramic view of the ski runs and offers lunch at the snack bar. The Loup Loup Ski Bowl and the U.S. Forest Service work together to provide you quality recreation, so ski the Loup, JUST FOR FUN!

Loup Loup Ski Bowl
Ski Reports(509)597.3405 or (866) 699.5334
www.skitheloup.com

The Sitzmark Ski and Boarding area

Sitzmark Ski Area promotes “family fun” with dry snow, lots of sunshine, low-ticket prices, great views, and small crowds. Sitzmark has one double chairlift, a rope tow and bunny hill, and a terrain park. Telemarking, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and skiboarding are open on several runs. Sitzmark is home to a historic lodge, delicious meals, a rental shop, and a ski school program. This is a hidden gem in the beautiful mountains with 30 km. of groomed cross country ski trails half way between Tonasket and Republic. The day lodge is also open to non-skiers and provides wonderful homemade foods at reasonable prices.

Sitzmark Ski & Boarding Area
Snow Reports (509) 485.3323
The Rental Shop (509) 486.2700
www.gositzmark.org

Heli-Skiing

If you are looking for a lift, intermediate to advanced skiers wanting an unforgettable experience away from the crowds and lines would do well to check out helicopter-assisted skiing. North Cascade Heli-Skiing, located in Mazama, Washington, has a variety of downhill and Nordic ski packages available, designed with adventure in mind. They offer world-class powder skiing on 300,000 square acres in the North Cascades, with some of the most spectacular scenery and best skiing conditions in the Northwest. Much of Warren Miller's film, RIDE, was filmed with North Cascade Heli-Skiing in this region.

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