 Its slopes are primarily east-facing, and are served by six chairlifts.Additional land at Mount Spokane was obtained due to the lead efforts of Cheney Cowles (1908–1943), whose father ran the Cowles Publishing Company.Cowles was the managing editor of the "Spokane Daily Chronicle" and was an original member of the Spokane Ski Club; he was killed in military plane crash in Alabama during 

The Vista House at the summit was constructed in 1933, and built by local Washington contractor E.O.