Winter sunsets often explode in color. This view is seen from the Pend Oreille Geologic Site (POI), immediately adjacent to the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway, and shows the open expanse of the lake, rimmed by its many mountains.
Several marinas in Hope or Sandpoint offer seasonal, monthly, or weekly moorage packages for boaters wishing to pursue the large rainbow and mackinaw trout or explore the recreational attributes of Lake Pend Oreille.
The Clark Fork Driftyards sit in an elbow of the lake offering miles of scenery. This southwesterly view offers the impressive Green Monarchs with a late winter's snow.