The Hoodoo Mountains are a mountain range in the
northwest
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United States, in
north central Idaho. They are part of the
Clearwater Mountains and are the source of the
Potlatch
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States,Harkin, Michael E., 2001, Potlatch in Anthropology, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science ...
and
Palouse rivers. Located in northeastern
Latah County
Latah County ( ) is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,517. The county seat and largest city is Moscow, the home of the University of Idaho, the state's flagsh ...
and southeastern
Benewah County, the high point is Bald Mountain at above
sea level.
MSR Maps.com
- USGS - topo - accessed 2012-12-23 On the west slope of the northern Rocky Mountains, the Hoodoos transition into the adjoining Palouse region, to the southwest.
North–South Ski Bowl, a former alpine ski area, is in the north end of the range in Benewah County. Opened in the 1930s, the area was originally owned and operated by Washington State College (now Washington State University) in Pullman. Alpine operations were discontinued in the 1990s and it is now a "park'n'ski" area for cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
off of State Highway 6.
References
External links
Mountain Zone.com
- Hoodoo Mountains - Idaho
Landforms of Latah County, Idaho
Mountain ranges of Idaho
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