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GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (Dec. 6, 2024)–Good news: Snowhaven Ski & Tubing Area, a North Central Idaho ski area that announced last month it might not open this year because it had been unable to find a manager, found one.
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According to a Facebook post on November 27 by the City of Grangeville, “Snowhaven is pumped to announce Jared Everson as our new Snowhaven Manager! We are moving forward full steam with an estimated opening of December 21st, snow dependent.”
Everson lives in Grangeville and has worked as a lift operator and instructor at Snowhaven for the past three years.
“We are excited to have him manage our hill,” Tonya Kennedy, city administrator for the City of Grangeville, said.
The ski area’s Facebook followers concur. “Yay!!!” posted Sharon Key. “That’s so exciting! Way to step up, Jared! Thank you.” “Best Christmas gift ever for the kids in our area!” posted Sheri Lynn Wassmuth. “Thank you!” “Congratulations!!” posted Keith Havens, chief weather forecaster at KLEW-TV in nearby Lewiston. “You are going to have a great year on the mountain!!!!!”
Snowhaven is recruiting additional part-time T-bar and tubing hill operators (must be 18 or older), ski and snowboard instructors, rental shop technicians, cook/food service workers, and ticket counter sales staff. Applications are available online at grangeville.us/employment-opportunities-for-city-of-grangeville or Grangeville City Hall, 225 W. North St.
With a 400-foot vertical drop and 60 skiable acres, Snowhaven in North Central Idaho is one of the Gem State’s smallest ski areas. It opened in 1946 and is also one of Idaho’s oldest ski areas. It has two surface lifts (a T-bar and a rope tow), nine named runs, a terrain park, and a snow-tubing park.
This winter, an individual season pass for skiing and tubing will debut for $250 and increase full-day lift tickets by $1 to $25 per day, undoubtedly one of the best values in North American skiing and snowboarding.
The ski area is open on weekends, school holidays, and the winter school break, December 21-January 5.
Snowhaven is one of three Ski Idaho destinations in North Central Idaho, which is also home to two nonprofit ski areas run by local ski clubs–Bald Mountain near Pierce and Cottonwood Butte near Cottonwood.
