We spent the day skiing at Mt. Spokane. We're not impressed with their ski lifts though. Connor and Jason went to the top and did a few runs, but it was foggy and a little bit icy so they spent the rest of the day on the lower slopes with Kaiden and I. They have very old 2 seat ski lifts, with a small 1-2 inch lip on the edge of the seat and 1 pole in the middle. Connor is already scared of heights, so he really didn't like these lifts. The seats are close together and move fast so we had a few issues with getting in place fast enough with the kids. They don't slow down the lift to let inexperienced skiers get on safely, although I did watch them almost stop the lift for several ADULT snowboarders, but when I asked them to slow it down a bit to get Kaiden on they wouldn't. The beginner hill is pretty small. We did find a cool side trail that starts towards the top of the mountain and winds from one side to the other with a gentle slope. That was fun. We did that run at least 6 times. Kaiden also enjoyed the ski terrain park and did that at least 6 times. All of us did do one run from the top together. There were a few pretty steep spots that Kaiden wasn't super thrilled with, but he did great. Overall they have quite a few nice runs and it's nice that it's so close to home. Our only complaint is the crappy ski lifts.
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