Seemingly out of place amongst the sky-scraping skier’s paradise of the Canadian Purcells and Rockies, the Upper Columbia Valley of eastern British Columbia is a spring escape for Calgarians itching for early-season tee times and wine tastings. But it’s also nurturing a quietly intense mountain biking community from a base in the Bavarian-inspired tourist town […]
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The Flathead Lake Swim Series is in a class of its own. Launched in 2014 by marathon swimmer, Emily von Jentzen, this weekend-long event offers serious swimmers several race options to test their limits. Many compete in all four races: 5k (Friday evening), 10k (Saturday), 1 mile and ½ mile (Sunday morning). The unpredictability of
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You can expect out-of-the-box comfort with this highly ventilated trail shoe. So why not say “yes” to that 25 mile backpack trip in the Bitterroot Mountains you’ve been invited to join next month? Merrell’s MOAB 2 Ventilator is built with durable leathers, a supportive footbed, and Vibram traction, all in a tough, light-weight hiking shoe
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Why are the things that leave us shaking and wide-eyed with fear or adrenaline the very things that define us and that we often love with a vengeance? Oddly, this describes my relationship with greater sage-grouse. My first experience with that chicken-like resident of sage brush country left my husband and I curled in the
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Bridgedale is the global market leader in the manufacture of technical socks for hiking, mountaineering, running, skiing and walking for good reason. The company’s factory in Northern Ireland has been knitting socks since WW1, so you might say they know what they’re doing. The TrailBlaze “CoolFusion” technology means you’re buying a burley, yet breathable hiking
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Banff. Bend. Playa del Carmen. Leavenworth. Whistler. These are among the places we have visited while staying in vacation rentals thanks to our family travel planner, my wife Rachel Peters. While she’s not available to be your travel planner, keep reading and learn some of what she knows about the vacation rental market gleaned from
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Ainsworth, B.C., north of Nelson, is known for its hot springs and access to Kootenay Lake, but lesser known is Cody Caves Provincial Park, located just north of Ainsworth. Cody Caves is a system of limestone caves in the Selkirk Mountains formed around an underground stream. More than 170 million years of erosion have left
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Headed to a festival like Spokatopia or your favorite lake beach this summer? Sit low and comfy on the sand, park grass, or festival or concert meadow with the Crazy Legs Quad Beach/Festival Chair from Montana-based Crazy Creek. It comes in several designs, but why not go for the tie-dye pattern? This comfy, dynamic little
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I first encountered Deep Creek the way I suspect most people do: in a car. As Highway 2 makes a beeline west out of Spokane, it passes the main gate to Fairchild Air Force Base. Then, in about the time it takes to peel an orange, the highway dips abruptly into a ravine, crosses a
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