Kaniksu Land Trust: 'This is your sled hill'
Sleds created by local artist sit at the Pine Street Sled Hill property during Sledfest. Kaniksu Land Trust officials announced Wednesday that the $50,000 raised at the event, along with a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, pushed the land trust past the $2.1 million to cap a capital campaign to finalize purchase of the 48-acre site.
(Photo courtesy KANIKSU LAND TRUST)
Crows dance at Kaniksu Land Trust's Sledfest, a fundraiser to help purchase the Pine Street Sled Hill property. Kaniksu Land Trust officials announced Wednesday the land trust had successfully reached its $2.1 million goal to buy the property and complete necessary improvements to operate the site.
Schweitzer has donated 50 chairlift chairs to Kaniksu Land Trust to bolster its ongoing “Save the Sled Hill” campaign. The chairs, previously part of the beloved Musical Chairs chairlift at Schweitzer.
Kids sledding at Pine Street Sled Hill in the winter of 2011.
After successfully reaching its $2.1 million goal to purchase the 48-acre Sled Hill site, Kaniksu Land Trust revised the campaign's logo.
SANDPOINT — Just before the last band hit the Sledfest stage, Kaniksu Land Trust officials stopped the music.
Then, KLT staff and board members got on the stage, circled by the community, and announced they'd done it...
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