Northwest Sports Briefing
Lookout Pass' slopes to open this weekend

By Mark Yuasa
Seattle Times staff reporter

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The Lookout Pass Ski Area in northern Idaho will be the first Northwest area to open to skiers and snowboarders.

Starting this weekend, Lookout Pass on the border of Idaho and Montana will begin operation from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After being asked how it feels to open first, Jim Schreiber, marketing director for Lookout Pass, said, "It is always a pleasure and it is not unusual for us to be the first, but not this early in the season."

In the past 48 hours the mountain received 14 inches of snow with a base depth of 16 inches and a summit depth of 22 inches. Temperatures were hovering between 23 and 28 degrees.

Chair 1 and the rope tow will be open this weekend with at least 10 of 23 runs open. Lodge, concessions, rental shop and ski school will be in full operation. Lift tickets will cost $20, compared to normal daily rate of $24.

Lookout Pass is located on Interstate-90 about 73 miles from the Washington-Idaho border, and just east of Wallace, Idaho.

For more information call Lookout Pass at 208-744-1301, Ext. 3, or visit www.skilookout.com.

Many Northwest ski areas plan to open by Thanksgiving, but may open sooner with snowfall expected in the mountains this weekend.

EWU volleyball clinches Big Sky title

CHENEY — Keva Sonderen had 13 kills as the Eastern Washington volleyball team beat Montana State 30-23, 30-18, 30-20 last night to clinch the Big Sky regular-season title.

EWU (20-7, 12-1 Big Sky) also earned hosting rights to the postseason league tournament for the second straight year. MSU fell to (16-10, 6-7)

Notes

• Washington forward Tina Frimpong, who led the conference with 13 goals, was named the Pac-10 women's soccer co-player of the year, sharing the award with UCLA defender Nandi Pryce. Midfielder Melissa Bennett was named to the All-Pac-10 second team.

• Western Washington's Pee Wee Halsell was voted Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's cross-country coach of the year.

• Jesse Shelton set two NCAA Division II national "B" qualifying marks in the 50-yard freestyle (21.4 seconds) and the 100 free (47.14) as Seattle University swept host Central Washington in a dual swim meet. The men won 142-63, the women 140-62.

Seattle Times news services contributed to this report.

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