Editor’s Note: Like many other events in the Northwest, the 2020 Tundra Swan Festival held annually in Northeast Washington near Cusick has been canceled due to the ongoing Coronavirus public health emergency. While the festival won’t be taking place this year, viewing the swans on your own from your vehicle or on foot while maintaining […]
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By Amanda Mead Lumberbeard Brewing is one of the newest establishments to join the ever-expanding local craft beer scene. Located on east Third Ave. in Spokane, it occupies an old auto repair shop that still shows the telltale signs of its former life. Newly replaced roll-up glass garage doors prominently feature the gleaming silver tanks
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Trailbreaker Cider, in Liberty Lake, Wash., makes some of the best hard cider around. They start with 100 percent Washington grown apples, and then they go berserk. It’s not uncommon to find ciders with plum, mint, cucumber, pear, or ginger. Like a backpacker’s compass, they follow cider flavors in every direction. This ensures they always
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By Tabitha Gregory I am learning to downhill ski in my sixth decade of life. Over the years, I’ve made a number of failed attempts to learn. Once on Japan’s icy slopes, thrice on Alyeska Resort’s torturously steep runs, and finally in the ungroomed backcountry of Thompson Pass, Alaska. Those experiences scared me out of
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On Jan. 7, 2020, Annie and Abbey rode the gondola to the summit of Silver Mountain Resort—their steady brown eyes conveyed the seriousness of their search and rescue mission. Each wore a ski patrol harness, red with a white cross, matching the jacket worn by dog handler Jeff Thompson, a ski patroller from Schweitzer Mountain
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If you’ve driven west on Highway 2 through Davenport on your way to Wilbur and points west, you’ve seen it. There’s a lonely rest stop along Highway 2, and for a long time whenever I passed through I was tempted to pause my road trip and go for a nice long walk through the adjacent
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By Tyler McFarland Hayden, Idaho— For many of us, a pack on our backs and a rugged pair of shoes on our feet is the way to experience the natural world around us. The traveling American Long-Distance Hiking Association West (ALDHA-West) “Ruck” returns to Hayden, Idaho, for its 6th annual conference April 4. The event brings
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Editor’s Note: The 2020 Spring Kickoff Event has been canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. If you’re a fan of the incredible trails at Beacon Hill and Camp Sekani, don’t miss this annual party to raise funds in support of the final stage of the Make Beacon Public campaign. Evergreen East’s Spring Kickoff Movie and
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Sandpoint, Idaho— After a sizeable turnout at the inaugural Three-Quarter Minus Cykeltur gravel ride last year, the event, which benefits the trail building and advocacy group Pend Oreille Pedalers, is poised for another great turnout with plenty of post-ride revelry. “We had 128 people registered last year and were kind of thinking we would only
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