Cheesy name, cool program: Mountain Divas is a 4-week series of ski coaching sessions for intermediate to expert female skiers, led by the mountain’s top female instructors. The three-hour sessions are on Tuesday mornings, Jan 19 – Feb 9 and March 2 – 23. Cost is $135 for all four weeks or $45 per day. […]
It’s true — the dates have been set for this year’s Bike to Work Week:Â May 16-22! Last year, Â Bike to Work Week that drew 1,472 registered participants. In total, during Bike to Work Week participants avoided more than 64,000 miles of vehicle transportation by riding their bikes. Volunteer committee chair Barb Chamberlain says the 2010
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Registration has opened for this year’s Souper Bowl — a women’s ski and snowshoe day on February 7th at Mount Spokane.  Events include a timed 10km, women’s only, race for both classic and skate skiers, self guided Nordic ski tours on any of the park’s 30km of trails, guided snowshoe tours, or venturing off on
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Yes. It’s true. As part of its participation in Spokane’s Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) program, The Fernwell Building and the City Ramp Garage are offering indoor bicycle parking in Downtown Spokane available to both Fernwell Building Tenants and the public. The City Ramp Garage is providing a ride-in, secured bicycle storage room in the basement
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There’s been lots of buzz about “complete streets” in Spokane recently. Now it’s time to get involved! Please read this invitation to the upcoming Complete Streets Spokane planning meeting from the executive director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. “If you have been reading the Spokesman Review and Out There Monthly, you know that there has been
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OTM senior writer and prolific “Cycling Spokane” blogger John Speare wrote a killer roundup of local bike advocacy progress — and his own cycling adventures — in 2009. Visit cyclingspokane.blogspot.com to read it.
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Starting today, two local non-profits—Union Gospel Mission and Pedals2People— and local bike shop Two Wheel Transit are working together to put unused bikes back to work for the good of the community with a Bike Cash for Clunkers program. How it works: Two Wheel Transit will assess each bike for safety and serviceability and issueÂ
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In celebration of its 42nd anniversary, Silver Mountain Resort is offering $7 lift tickets Thursday for its annual Jackass Day. “We have a lot of guests who have been coming here since the late 60’s and early 70’s who have fascinating stories of the glory days of Jackass Ski Bowl and the Tamarack Lodge,” says resort
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January 14 – 17 Spend Martin Luther King weekend in downtown Sandpoint and at Schweitzer Mountain for the Sandpoint Winter Carnival. Below is a breakdown of the festivities. For more information, including ideas for where to stay, visit sandpointwintercarnival.com or call the Downtown Sandpoint Business Association at (208) 255-1876.
