Avoid Biking Muddy Trails to Preserve Them As spring makes its hesitant debut in the inland Northwest, it can be tempting to push the season and go for a ride on your favorite trails: you have fond memories of autumn rides there, and things seem warm enough to make a go with a light jacket […]
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March 20 is the first day of spring. This day marks the beginning of renewal, transition, cleansing, and budding trees…and also muddy puddles, allergies, and one last crazy snow storm. It is a fluid time as the snow melts and fills the streams, rivers, and lakes. Our bodies also melt away insulating winter fat from
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Oh the many layers of skiing. We start off in the cold, dark, wintery months where depression is kept at bay by heading out to the mountains to get some fresh air and soft powder. Usually we are layered up thick with insulation, covering our faces with balaclavas while nesting in our Primaloft and down,
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What’s a skier or snowboarder to do when the snowflakes finally stop falling and things on the hill get slushy? Pond skimming may be the greatest spring ski tradition you’ve never heard of. Less sport than spectacle, it’s composed of a few simple elements: a man-made pond on a mountain slope, a few folks who
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If you were asked to describe the archetypal life-long Nordic skier, you’d picture Sam Schlieder: lean body, gray beard, quiet disposition, and low-key, dry sense of humor. One of the pioneers of Nordic skiing on Mt. Spokane 30 years ago, Schlieder was the first recipient of the Gary Silver lifetime contribution award back in 1979
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Adorned with a single olive or stuffed with enough garnishes to serve as a ski-bum snack bar, the Bloody Mary has long been a ski-resort après staple. It is a drink from the golden era of cocktails—and, coincidentally, the golden era of skiing—which means it pairs well with wood-paneled lounges and retro ski posters. Lauded
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Hormones. We like them, or at least we would if we knew what they were up to all day long. These little couriers of cause spend their days telling our bodies what to make more or less of, to care more or less about, and whether or not we should attempt second base or call
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They say change is inevitable. I say poopy to that—at least to the idea that all things have to change. Now I’m sure that some change is good, like replacing Marlboro 100s with e-cigs, or making seatbelts required rather than optional. I get it. Things work this way on the mountain, too. New runs and
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Windermere Marathon set to run Sunday, May 20th, in Spokane Looking for a spring Marathon? Looking to keep it local? Look no further than the Windermere half or full Marathon, a race along the Centennial Trail and Spokane River that offers some stellar views. “This is truly a great race for all runners, from the
