Pomerelle
Encyclopedia
Pomerelle Mountain is an alpine
ski area in south central Idaho
, in a southern division of the Sawtooth National Forest
. It is south of Albion
in Cassia County
, 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of the Utah
-Nevada
border with Idaho
.
Pomerelle's summit elevation
is 8762 feet (2671 m) above sea level with a vertical drop of 1002 feet (305 m). There are two chairlifts (1 triple, 1 double) and a Magic Carpet for the beginners' area.
The area's average annual snowfall is 500 inches (1,270 cm).
One of the oldest ski areas in the western U.S., Pomerelle began its operations in 1940. During the ski season the area operates daily and five nights per week (Tuesday through Saturday).
Pomerelle features a spacious lodge at the bottom of the mountain that offers lots of foods and beverages. There is also a grill outside the lodge on the deck that offers hamburgers, hot dogs, and cold drinks and beer. In the basement of the lodge there is a rental shop.
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
ski area in south central Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, in a southern division of the Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest is in Idaho and Utah was protected in 1905 by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt as the Sawtooth Forest Reserve. Today the forest administers over 2.1 million acres of some of the most remote forestland in the lower 48 states, and there are over 1,000 lakes and 3,000...
. It is south of Albion
Albion, Idaho
Albion is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 267 at the 2010 census. Albion was the county seat of Cassia County from 1879 to 1918....
in Cassia County
Cassia County, Idaho
Cassia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 Census the county had a population of 22,952. The county seat and largest city is Burley.-History:...
, 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of the Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
-Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
border with Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
.
Pomerelle's summit elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
is 8762 feet (2671 m) above sea level with a vertical drop of 1002 feet (305 m). There are two chairlifts (1 triple, 1 double) and a Magic Carpet for the beginners' area.
The area's average annual snowfall is 500 inches (1,270 cm).
One of the oldest ski areas in the western U.S., Pomerelle began its operations in 1940. During the ski season the area operates daily and five nights per week (Tuesday through Saturday).
Pomerelle features a spacious lodge at the bottom of the mountain that offers lots of foods and beverages. There is also a grill outside the lodge on the deck that offers hamburgers, hot dogs, and cold drinks and beer. In the basement of the lodge there is a rental shop.
External links
- Pomerelle Mountain Resort - official site
- IdahoWinter.org - official state tourism site
- Photos of Pomerelle's lifts at SkiLifts.org
- Pomerelle Mountain at IdahoSkiResorts.com
- Pomerelle Mountain at OnTheSnow.com
- Pomerelle at SkiTown.com
- Sawtooth National Forest - official site
- Topographic map and aerial photo from USGS via Microsoft Research Maps
- Photos of Cache Peak - 10,339' at IdahoSummits.com