It’s that time of year. The time when we apply deprivation and restraint to our plates with the fervor of a dedicated monk. Because we have plans. We have goals. We have pants to fit into by summer. Generally this approach works anywhere from six hours to six weeks, at which point you have a […]
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Expect plenty of the wearing and running of the green at Leavenworth’s Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort this coming March. The inaugural O’Grady’s St. Paddy’s Day 5K Run and Walk will be held at 11 a.m. March 12 adjacent to O’Grady’s Pantry at the entrance to Sleeping Lady. The fully staffed 5K course will utilize trails
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Backcountry travelers are adding another piece of avalanche safety gear to the essential three (shovel, probe, transceiver) when they play in the mountains. If everything else goes wrong and you find yourself caught in an avalanche, an airbag is designed to keep you at the surface of the snow and visible to rescuers. I’ve been
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“It’s basically a hike with a purpose.” That’s how disc golfer Steven Lambert describes the sport, and he couldn’t have chosen a better metaphor to convince me to give disc golf a try. (As opposed to using, say, a “ball golf” metaphor. More on that later). Our small group meets at High Bridge Park, a
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I took my first pair of ColdPruf Quest performance base layer top and bottoms out on their inaugural adventure back in October in some pretty unusual backcountry conditions: elk hunting in cold, wet, miserable weather made worse by the body aches and chills that were my daily and nightly companion thanks to a bad flu.
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Everyone knows this essential truth: children enjoy playing outside. “A standard recommendation for well-child visits with my patients is the ‘9-5-3-2-1-zero’ guideline,” says Spokane-based pediatrician Dr. Matt Thompson, regarding a child’s daily needs. “This means at least nine hours of adequate sleep, five servings of fruits and vegetables, three glasses of water, two hours or
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Once again there is a trail that extends a mile up the east side of Liberty Creek, creating an easier alternative to the full Liberty Lake Loop and a new way to hike to the cedar grove. Originally built in the 1970s, the Split Creek Trail had fallen victim to erosion damage and lack of
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This past summer, the Mosaic Community Bike Shop opened at 611 W. Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. According to manager Doug Porter, the shop picks up where Pedals2People left off after it closed, but with new and different goals. The nonprofit shop is supported by Mosaic Fellowship Church, and while it is a faith-based organization,
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As we close the curtain on December, the opening month for our local ski and snowboard season, it’s been a wild ride with storm after storm pounding area resorts. Maybe those knee-deep days that your friends have been bragging about for the last two weeks have finally inspired you to get your skis out of
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