Best Place to Ski
MT. SPOKANE
Not everyone has the option of luxurious ski vacations: Often its better to blitz out to the mountain and crank out a few runs before the kids get off school, or make a beeline for the chair-lifts immediately after work. Mt. Spokane makes that possible. Inlander reader Cameron Johnson summarizes the mountain's simple strengths: "Mt. Spokane is close-by, has great runs and back country, and is very affordable." (DW)
2nd PLACE: Schweitzer; 3rd PLACE: 49 Degrees North