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Field operations

Our tours meet at the junction of Eastriver Road and Middle Fork East River Road between Coolin and Priest River, Idaho.
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Getting here

There are no narrow mountain roads, high passes, nor tunnels to navigate as you travel to our new location near the southern end of Priest Lake. Below we’ve provided a different sets of directions depending on your point of origin. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call. Better yet, text us so the message goes through when service becomes spotty – save our number now or load our entire contact card.

Coolin & Priest Lake

Spokane International Airport (GEG) is super-efficient airport: check-in and arrivals are swift, the baggage carousels are just a quick walk from the gates, and the curbside transportation is literally yards further.

Spokane → Coolin

77 mi (124 km)  ·  1 hr 38 min  ·  Google Maps

In Coolin, will you find accommodation options of various kinds. Be sure to select the route along Peninsula & Eastriver Road: While on the drive, you will pass by our meeting point and have wonderful views of the area’s mountain peaks.

Small airports

If you’re flying personal aircraft,Granite Aviation at Sandpoint Airport and StanCraft Jet Center and Resort Aviation Jet Center at Coeur d’Alene Airport are dialed in with great aircraft and ground transportation services.

Meeting area for tours

We will meet by car at a rural road junction to start the day. The junction is formed part-way between the towns of Coolin and Priest River by the north–south-running Eastriver Road and Middle Fork East River Road, which begins heading east. (The first-person view below loads facing south as from Coolin.) The coordinates are 48.375472 °N, 116.827306 °W.

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Coolin → Meeting area

mi (13 km)  ·  12 min  ·  Google Maps

Schweitzer → Meeting area

48 mi (77 km)  ·  1 hr 10 min  ·  Google Maps