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Whitefish Mountain Resort’s 2020 SKI Magazine Reader Resort Survey Rank: 3rd in the West

SAFETY FIRST IS OUR #1 CORE VALUE

We take the health and safety of our guests and employees very seriously. That's why we've gone above and beyond to ensure your safety. Immediately following Whitefish Mountain Resort's abrupt closing to the winter season, we began the arduous task of deep cleaning the entire interior of the Lodge, from top to bottom. We will complete our thorough deep cleaning efforts prior to reopening for the summer 2020 season. To put your mind at ease, we want to advise you of the additional health and safety measures we continually take to help keep our guests and employees safe: We are cleaning and sanitizing guest rooms on a daily basis. We've also increased the frequency of disinfecting and sanitizing all “high-touch” areas, such as room keys, door handles, light switches, telephones, etc. Although single use plastic is not ideal, due to sanitization, we've decided to stock guest rooms with individually sealed plastic cups and flatware. We have increased the frequency of spa chemistry testing. Hand sanitizer is available in the common areas for your use. We are using disposable disinfecting wipes to clean commonly used staff items like keyboards, desks, and countertops. Management will ensure adequate supplies to support the CDC's cleaning and disinfecting guidelines. Staff have been trained in preventing the spread of coronavirus, and we will continue to ensure that hygiene remains a main priority for all staff. Our goal is to create a safe and relaxing environment for all of our guests and employees to enjoy. The entire staff has read and understands the CDC's COVID-19 business guidance report. Although we had to close early, rest assured we are doing everything we can to ensure the lodge is clean, disinfected, and safe for our guests when we re-open for the 2020 summer season. We miss our guests and hope everyone is staying healthy and hunkering down until it's safe to travel again. We realize that you're dealing with life's uncertainties, so let us help by not imposing any cancellation fee up to 72 hours prior to your arrival. If you have questions, or would like to inquire about a reservation, please feel free to contact us at 406.862.6098 or email info@kandaharlodge.com . To learn more about Kandahar Lodge and to make a reservation, visit us at www.kandaharlodge.com . We hope to see you at the Lodge soon!

Summer is at its peak and like many others, we are experiencing some pretty hot days. Thank goodness we are surrounded by water in the Flathead so we have the option to go play on it and in it and cool down. Jeff and I race our sailboat on Flathead Lake every Tuesday night.

Here are some tips on how to be respectful and sustainable on the trails.

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1. Ambassador Tours at Whitefish Mountain Resort – Complimentary tours each day at 10:30am and 1:30pm. Call 406-862-1702 for more information.

One float trip on the river (on the day of the solstice), a few hikes along moving water, a summer of sailing and a road trip along the Clark Fork River have left me with moving water on my mind. As we focus on negotiating the shoals in the river of life we flow past so much beauty and meaning and often are too busy avoiding a grounding to appreciate what we are passing by. During the fall is the perfect time to pull over and let the flow go without you for a bit, to contemplate how gorgeous this place where you are is and perhaps how wonderful the person is that shares it with you. There is something about the variety and intensity of the fall colors that give everything more depth, more detail and more meaning. Before we head into the winter, it is nice to take stock of the harvest, physical or metaphysical, put away the toys and tools of the previous warm weather season, carve a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern and eat a caramel apple. It is a good time to practice mindfulness. That reminds me that it is a good time to get to the studio to practice yoga and start attending Ski Prep classes. As another year winds down to the end, we have an opportunity to start new activities and learn something new to carry us more mindfully into the new year. Fall sports help to slow us down too, if we are the spectator, anyway. A game is a great excuse to accomplish nothing for awhile. That is restful and allows your psyche to process the past and prepare for the future. In the fall, many of us get away on a holiday, to hunt or to escape the coming winter and with that travel our outlook shifts a bit and we focus on what lies ahead. Looking through the trees I see the white ski slopes and know that soon we will be challenging ourselves to negotiate some new shoals. Perhaps we will see the trees and not just the forest as we fly by.