Here's a very short blurb on Kettle Range skiing:
The Kettle Range for Skiing
The Kettle Range is a north-south ridge system, approximately 70 miles long, flanked by the towns of Republic and Kettle Falls, Washinton. It is bisected by State Highway 20, which crosses the range at Sherman Pass, 5600 feet, the state’s highest winter maintained road.
A parking area is kept cleared on the north side of the road at Sherman Pass. Sno-Park Permit is required.
Much of the skiing at the pass is on the south side on Sherman and Snow Peaks (7150 feet. There is a trailhead across the road from the parking area.
From the timbered ridgeline moderate skiable slopes drop down clearings to the east as much as 1500 vertical feet.
A cabin (at 6400 feet) is available for rental at the south end of Snow Peak. For information and to make reservations call 1-877-444-6777 or try
www.recreation.gov
on the web.
Due to its height, northern latitude, and position far to the east of the Cascade Crest rain is much less likely at Sherman Pass than in the Cascades. The flip side is that heavy snow is less likely, too. But it is nowhere so dry as the Okanogan Highlands and Mt Bonaparte a bit to the West.
