Local resorts are offering too-good-to-pass-up deals on lessons, rentals and lift tickets for adults and kids who want to learn to ski or snowboard during the month of January. Each year, Mt. Spokane, 49 Degrees North, Silver Mountain and Lookout Pass offer unbelievable package deals for beginners as part of Learn to Ski/Snowboard Month. If […]
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Picture snow. That snow is polka dotted with cross-country skiers laughing as they make their way across white clearings and curving trails to a warming hut for free cider and soup. Picture kids frantically racing to the finish line for a donut. Envision booths, vendors, prizes, and scavenger hunts. Picture yourself swooshing down quiet trails
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This Booty has been found! Congratulations to the winner! Play the OTM Backcountry Booty scavenger hunt contest and you get to explore different trails around the region and possibly win gift certificates for cool outdoor gear and other prizes. Here’s how it works: 1. We hide a booty certificate, that’s good for whatever prizes are
In all honesty, the Toasted Dragon from Orlison Brewing is not the right beer for everyone. It is not light and sweet like a blonde pale ale, and it isn’t dark with a coffee aftertaste like some porters or stouts. At its core, the Toasted Dragon is influenced by Asian cuisine with its blend of
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Don’t miss out on any more of this epic winter! Whether you have a season pass or not, signing up with a Mountain Sports Club membership gives you more options to ski and ride around the Inland NW without ever paying full price. Save big time with 2 for 1 lift tickets, other lift ticket
Follow film makers into the air with the “Free Flight Film Festival,” which lands in Spokane on Monday, February 15, 2016. Tickets for the 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. showings at the Magic Lantern Theatre in Spokane are $5. “Free Flight” is the term hang glider and paraglider pilots collectively call their sport. The festival includes
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After a thrilling morning on the hill, it is always restoring to have something hot for lunch before returning to the snow. Here is a hearty soup recipe that continues to thicken and cook in your wide-mouth thermos as you ski and ride. Winter Spiced Lentil Dahl 1/4 cup lentils, rinsed & soaked 2 hours
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December reminded us just how good winter can be here in the Inland Northwest: knee-deep resort days; cross-country skiing and sledding in city parks; urban fat biking; backcountry ski conditions that get you looking for camper vans on Craigslist; and the silent, white beauty of snow as it piles up in feet across the region.
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The Altai Balla Hok is short, wide and comes with an integrated climbing skin that provides exceptional traction and stability; it’s the perfect learning ski/snowshoe design for getting kids from ages 5 to early teens into the backcountry and loving the snowy wilds (depending on their size and ability level). Bridging cross-country skis and snowshoes,
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