Bear Gulch Ski Basin

Historical marker location:

Ashton, Idaho

( Marker is on Mesa Falls Scenic Byway (State Highway 47) near Wood Road (Forest Road 367), on the left when traveling north.)

Eastern Idaho's First Ski Resort.

Idaho was once home to one of the largest sawmills in the world. The Potlatch Lumber Company, which was based in the town of Potlatch, produced more than 2 billion board feet of lumber between 1906 and 1956.