Sandpoint, Idaho ID Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Sandpoint is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 6,835 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Bonner County.

Sandpoint's major industry is tourism and recreation, thanks to its proximity to scenic Lake Pend Oreille and Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort. It is also home to the headquarters for the mail-order clothing catalog Coldwater Creek.

Schweitzer Mountain Resort is a ski area in northern Idaho, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the city of Sandpoint in Bonner County. It overlooks Lake Pend Oreille to the southeast with views of the Bitterroot, and Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges.

Schweitzer has a summit elevation of 6,400 feet above sea level with a vertical drop of 2,400 feet. The average annual snowfall is over 300 inches (762 cm). There are 82 named runs and open bowls on Schweitzer's 2900 skiable acres.

Lake Pend Oreille is a lake in northern Idaho, with an area of 148 square miles. It is 65 miles long, and 1,150 feet deep in some regions (5th in the US). It is one of the deepest lakes in the world. It is fed by the Clark Fork River and the Pack River, and drains via the Pend Oreille River. It is surrounded by national forests and many small towns. All but the southern tip of the lake is in Bonner County, the southern tip which is home to Farragut State Park, the original home of the Farragut Naval Training Station, and the home of the NAVSEA's Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) is in Kootenai County.

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