National Media Articles on Sandpoint

NY Times
“Sandpoint is a hotbed for active sports, and summer is the busiest season, especially for boating.”

Business Week
“With the Schweitzer Mountain ski resort just 12 miles away and a lake that offers boatloads of recreational opportunities, Sandpoint has long attracted outdoor enthusiasts.”

Outside Magazine, August 2004
“It’s easy to get seduced by Sandpoint.”

Forbes
Forbes.com named Sandpoint, Idaho “one of the best places to live if you can telecommute to work.”

Sunset Magazine, August 2006
“Lake Pend Oreille is grayer and deeper, and easygoing Sandpoint, on its northern shore, provides a more intimate, small-town experience.”

USA Today, January 2007
“As of Jan. 10, Schweitzer had reported an astonishing 211 inches of snow this season.”

Acura Style Magazine
“You begin to shake off civilization when you cross the two-mile bridge over the northwest end of Lake Pend Oreille and reach Sandpoint.”

New York Times
Most people think it’s just one big, huge potato farm, but we think that from the air, Idaho probably looks like a Norman Rockwell painting just about any time of year.

Backcountry, Ski Report 07

USA Today, August 20, 2004
"A Norman Rockwell meets Ansel Adams classic."

Sunset Magazine, January, 2004
Best Small Town in The West - Sandpoint, Idaho