From speedy cyclists to kids on trikes; from dog walkers and runners to inline-skaters and recreational bikers of every kind, including tandem and recumbent bikers and even a guy whose rear basket held two content Chihuahuas – it’s never a dull day on Fish Lake Trail. As awareness and popularity of the trail has increased, […]
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Sometimes the best way to approach climbing is by not doing it at all. Most people don’t end up at the iconic landmark of Smith Rock to not climb though. The parking lot is full of cars with bumper stickers as pledges of climbing radness. Various congregations of couples and groups move out like infantry
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Many volunteer hours have gone into the transformation of this scenic trail, still a work in progress, but drastically improved through the efforts of an REI service day in June 2014 and multiple Washington Trails Association work parties. Hike it now to catch the spring wildflowers and see the handiwork of hundreds of volunteers and
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You don’t need to travel to Costa Rica or Hawaii to fly through the air on an adrenaline packed zipline tour; they are popping up all over the greater Inland Northwest, including new tours in Nelson, B.C, Wallace, Idaho, and the super close-to-home Mica Moon Zip Tours above Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley.These five zips
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It’s difficult to imagine hiking without my hairy beast, a lab-boxer dog named Rosco (P. Coltrane). Rosco’s enthusiasm for trail running, hiking, swimming, and a preference for powder skiing makes him my perfect trail partner. I find his hairs in everything: embedded in my fleece, in peanut butter sandwiches and all over my car. I
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The Inland Northwest is home to many fun and unique festivals. Here we’ve highlighted a few interesting festivals celebrating everything from huckleberries and community heritage to original music, beer and wine and the outdoors. While this is certainly not an exhaustive list, it’s a great sampling of the diversity of our Inland Northwest communities and
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A sprawling complex of beautiful, historic buildings and surprisingly bustling streets nestled into the steep mountain hillsides of north Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains, Wallace Idaho is a momentary neck-craning distraction for most Interstate 90 travelers driving through the Silver Valley. Too bad for them, since this authentic, resilient community has successfully tapped a gold mine balance
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Wind and adrenaline whipped around my body as I watched, helpless, as my girlfriend jumped out of our plane and into…. Nothing. 12,500 feet of nothing between her and the ground. I was sure she was scared. I was scared. But I soon forgot about that as I found myself at the door looking down.
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Riders from around the region voted Silver Mountain as the “Top Bike Park in the Northwest” in 2014 in the second annual Best Bike Parks survey conducted by MTBparks.com, an online guide to mountain biking resorts across the continent. Over 3,000 people participated in the survey, which moved Silver Mountain up from the number four
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