Spokane-based company creates apparel to reflect PNW beauty Dustin Repp was tired of seeing Clipart-style mountains saturate the clothing items that were supposed to represent the Pacific Northwest he called home. He was tired of seeing #pnwvibe clothing that he didn’t connect with. As an avid outdoors person, Dustin wanted to find clothing that reflected […]
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2018 Dishman Hills Winter Hiking Schedule Join members of the Dishman Hills Conservancy on free hikes around our beautiful, local terrain! With a group, it’s a great way to get out and about no matter the weather. Take time to ramble. Register for these free events ahead of time at dishmanhills.org/events. Note: Hikes will be
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THIS BACKCOUNTRY BOOTY HAS BEEN FOUND! Backcountry Booty Prize: For our latest Backcountry Booty, you’ll be searching for a prize voucher good for 2 adult lift tickets at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., Canada, for two days! Scroll down for contest rules and clues that we will keep dishing out until someone finds
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Friends of the Bluff Presents Second-Annual Bluff Talks Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 7-9 pm The Montvale Event Center (1017 W 1st Ave, Spokane) Join Friends of the Bluff in the second-annual Bluff Talks series on Wednesday, November 28. Five storytellers will have 10 minutes or less to share their connection to the High Drive Bluff Park, highlighting
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The Fletcher ski family–led by Poppy and Grammy, Seth and Gloria–includes three generations of skiers at Mt. Spokane.
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Most sponsored skiers don’t have the kind of alternative life experiences and down-to-earth philosophical approach to skiing when they start getting paid to do what they love. But Twisp, Wash., native Michael “Bird” Shaffer isn’t your run-of-the-mill professional skier. He grew up on a 7-family commune and cut his ski teeth on hand-me-down gear in
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Winter is around the corner, and we’ve asked some of our favorite local shops for their favorite new gear recommendations from base layers to brand new boards. Spokane Alpine Haus Shift bindings are a new product, changing the way we ski. They “transform a downhill, locked-in binding into a touring binding. They’ve never really been
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With a long, hot, and smoky summer far behind us, snow sports enthusiasts are likely looking forward to the upcoming skiing and snowboarding season— and rightfully so. Nothing makes a rider of snow dream about the winter months more than a prolonged period of extreme heat like we witnessed this year. That said, here is
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I have stashed the golf clubs in the dusty nether-regions of the garage, shoved my wet boardshorts in a far back drawer, and have begun to grow my winter beard. Well, maybe not the last one since my significant other despises my feeble attempt to look like one of the dudes from Duck Dynasty, or
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