Pine Street Hill: Memories and magic
Kids sledding at Pine Street Sled Hill in the winter of 2011.
(Photo courtesy SHERI JONES)
Skiers are pictured at the Pine Street Hill ski area in 1951.
Sally (Holz) Parsons skis under the limbo pole at the Pine Street Run as skiers look on in the early 1950s. The photo, taken Jim Parsons Jr., was donated to the Bonner County Historical Society by Parsons.
Gary Pietsch, Fritz Holz, Shirley Brixen-Wendle, Jimmy Van Sant Jr., and Sally Holz are pictured in February 1952.
Skiers are pictured at Pine Street Hill in the early 1950s. The photo, taken Jim Parsons Jr., was donated to the Bonner County Historical Society by Parsons.
Fritz Holz is pictured skiing the Pine Street Hill in the winter of 1952.
A photo of the Pine Street Hill in the fall, circa early 1950s. The photo, taken Jim Parsons Jr., was donated to the Bonner County Historical Society by Parsons.
A photo of the Weisz homestead in 2021.
Skiers are pictured as they learn to ski at Pine Street Hill in the early 1950s. The photo, taken Jim Parsons Jr., was donated to the Bonner County Historical Society by Parsons.
Gary Pietsch and Fritz Holz reminisce on good times on the Pine Street Hill during a visit to the sled hill property in the spring 2022.
For more than half a century, the steep hill on West Pine Street has attracted winter sports enthusiasts with a penchant for adrenaline. Known by locals as the Pine Street Hill in the 1940s, it was the destination for Sandpoint area skiers before Schweitzer Mountain Resort opened in 1963....
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