February 2020

Kick Off Spring at the 2020 Great Outdoors & Bike Expo (Feb 22-23)

Biking, Events, Get Out There, Hiking / By Out There Outdoors

Spring will be here before we know it, and the Spokane Great Outdoors and Bike Expo at the Spokane Convention Center on Feb 22-23 is the Inland Northwest’s kickoff to the spring and summer outdoor season. The event includes over 70 vendors including bike and gear shops, zipline companies, bike parks, travel destinations, outdoor clubs and agencies, […]

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Backcountry Booty: Strider Bike & Great Outdoors & Bike Expo Tickets (Hidden: 2/11/20; Found: 2/17/20)

Backcountry Booty, Contests / By Out There Outdoors

THIS BOOTY HAS BEEN FOUND! Ready to play Out There Outdoors’ Backcountry Booty treasure hunt contest? Read on for our contest rules and details. Then get out there and find the booty! Backcountry Booty Prize For this mid-winter Booty we are giving away a kids Strider balance bike and 4 tickets to the Spokane Great

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14 Places to Crush Your Post-Ski Cravings

Food & Drink, Lifestyle, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Adam Gebauer

On the way back to town after charging the new north runs at Mt. Spokane, I hit the preprogrammed number in my phone. They know my order before I even say it, and exactly 12 minutes later I have 10 delicious chicken wings in a steaming brown bag with the Wing Stop logo. I don’t

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Mount Bailey’s Bermuda Triangle

Skiing/Snowboarding, Snow Sports / By Out There Outdoors

By Chris Gabrielli They say morale is soluble in water. It turns out that its also soluble in snowstorms, waning light, tired legs, and lost souls. We had been lost for nearly two hours and daylight was fading. I couldn’t believe this was actually happening; but, to be honest, I was kind of excited about

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Ski Bum Advice: Man, I Wish I Could Still Do That

Get Out There / By Brad Northrup

Clint Eastwood once said it best in one of the Dirty Harry movies: “A man’s got to know his limitations.” As I flounder through middle age, I like to think that I know mine, but as I am frequently reminded by my better half, I don’t. Evidently it’s not ok for me to free climb

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To E or Not to E: The Ethics of E-bikes

Biking / By Justin Skay

E-bike sales are flying up mountains in gears as high as those of their purely people-powered counterparts wobbling cross-country in granny gears. This thanks to an almost effortless turn of pedals, a couple of decades of battery research and development, and the atomic torque of trillions of electrons that are pushing electrically assisted bicycles to

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Running Against the Cold

Last Page, Running / By Out There Outdoors

By Ana Maria Spagna No one should have to run in winter. Let’s be clear about that. Skiing should be enough. But. There’s rain on snow and slush and sometimes bare ground on the shoulder seasons. So. There’s the bike trainer in the living room next to the stereo. There are sit-ups and yoga tapes.

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Person shoveling snow with nothing on but underwear illustration by Justin Short.

Crazy Cold Exposure: The Wim Hof Method

Columns, Everyday Cyclist, Get Out There, Lifestyle, Way Out There / By Justin M. Short

Learn about the Wim Hof Method for cold exposure and its benefits for endurance athletes and people with autoimmune issues and diseases.

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Backcountry Booty: Coldsmoke Powder Festival Weekend Pass (Hidden: 2/6/20; Found: 2/9/20)

Backcountry Booty / By Out There Outdoors

Ready to play Out There Outdoors’ Backcountry Booty treasure hunt contest? Read on for our contest rules and details. Then get out there and find the booty! Backcountry Booty Prize: For this mid-winter Booty we are giving away a Full Weekend Pass to the Coldsmoke Powder Festival at Whitewater Ski Area near Nelson, B.C. February

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