GRANGEVILLE, ID — 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, has found one.

According to a Facebook post 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 at Snowhaven for the last three years as a lift operator and instructor.

“We are excited to have him manage our hill,” Tonya Kennedy, city administrator for the City of Grangeville, says.

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!”

“Woohoo!” posted McKenna Maxfield Staples. “The right person for the job, too! Super excited for the hill to open!”

“Makes me so happy!!” posted Megan Kunkel. “Some of my best memories are from those slopes.”

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 Street.

The URL for the Facebook post is:

https://www.facebook.com/SkiSnowhaven/posts/pfbid02VSYWEQskV5fuojSjmu61S9vZsymKJrg9JMnfb3dRGdw9mDYP1EEfrPMcP9JwNZtfl

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 is also one of Idaho’s oldest ski areas, opening in 1946. 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 it will debut an individual season pass for skiing and tubing 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 weekends and school holidays, as well as the winter school break Dec. 21-Jan. 5.

Visit https://grangeville.us/snowhaven-facebook2/snowhaven-tube-hill/ for more details.

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.

ABOUT SKI IDAHO

Founded in 1982, the Idaho Ski Areas Association, a.k.a. Ski Idaho, is a nonprofit association funded in part by the Idaho Travel Council via the state’s 2 percent lodging tax paid by travelers and collected by hotel, motel, private campground, and vacation rentals owners. Boasting 29,000 feet of vertical spanning more than 22,000 acres, Idaho is home to America’s first destination ski resort, the birthplace of the chairlift, and often considered the soul of skiing. Its 19 family friendly alpine ski areas offer trails and backcountry for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and skill levels, breathtaking views, hundreds of inches of fresh powder, affordable passes, and short lift lines. Many Ski Idaho destinations open for the summer season, as well, to provide lift-served mountain biking, scenic chairlift rides, hiking and trail running, disc golf, horseback riding, and more. Visit skiidaho.us for more details.