Kellogg & Wardner
Kellogg & Wardner
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Kellogg
With year-round shopping, dining, lodging, and outdoor recreation, Kellogg is a great location. This community of 2,500 residents is also home to Silver Mountain Resort, Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark, many Dave Smith buildings, and The Historic Silver Valley Chamber of Commerce's Visitors Center. Kellogg also has access to fly fishing, off-road vehicle routes, hiking, biking, the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene’s, and the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. It’s easy to park your car here and hit the escape button. ​ Learn more about Kellogg here.
Wardner
Wardner is a small residential mountain community located up the road from Uptown Kellogg. Once home to a bustling mining population, today Wardner has about 185 residents. The Gondola hangs above town. Wardner has the access point of the Sierra Nevada Road. This now private road goes up to the ski area. Now, the mountain is only accessible to the public by Gondola. It still operates a city hall and a non-operational museum loaded with history. The city is named after Jim Wardner, an acquaintance of Noah Kellogg. He was a supporter of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mines. These mines operated thanks to the donkey's discovery of galena (lead ore) about 1,000 yards south of town.
Silver Mountain Resort
Both Kellogg Peak (6,297 feet) and Wardner Peak (6,205 feet) are accessible for winter skiing and summer mountain biking. The north-facing slopes have a 2,197-foot vertical drop. The area has 7 lifts, 67 named trails, and an average annual snowfall of 300 inches. The lift-served bike park is award-winning. Before having the name Silver Mountain, the resort had two previous identities. It was first known as Jackass Ski Bowl from 1968-1973. This name was in honor of Noah Kellogg's borrowed ore-discovering donkey from 1885. It then changed names in 1973 and was re-named Silverhorn Ski. It was named after the Silberhorn in the Bernese Alps. From 1989 until now, thanks to the Silver Valley's rich history of mining, it is named Silver Mountain Resort. Learn more about the resort here.
Silver Mountain Resort holds a few records:
1. Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark is Idaho's largest indoor waterpark.
2. North America's Longest Gondola ascends to Silver Mountain's ski area.
