Right out of the box, I knew I’d be a fan of the BD Tikka 450. It’s light, rechargeable, and has a simple, solid design that hopefully means I won’t break some critical component the first time I inevitably drop it. I also like that it’s basic enough that I don’t need to read a […]
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These midweight baselayers quickly became my go-to bottoms for skiing this winter. My first pair of ¾ length bottoms, I love how they limit the bunching of fabrics in your ski boots where socks and baselayer typically collide in a jumble of uncomfortable wrinkles. The Merino wool blend means they are warm, soft to the
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Running a ski resort can be a fickle business. When weather conditions are too warm or too cold, too windy or too dry, it can affect a ski hill’s ability to stay open. But nothing throws a wrench in a ski area’s operations like a chairlift that suffers a mechanical breakdown. That’s a lesson that
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Potato Gnocchi with Lemon and Sage Ingredients: 1 pound yellow potatoes from Channing Farm 1 cup emmer flour from Bluebird Grain Farm 1 egg from Rockin’ Rainbow Egg Ranch ½ tsp sea salt from San Juan Island Sea Salt 1 Tbsp olive oil 4 Tbsp butter 1 tsp honey Juice of ½ lemon 1 Tbsp
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We are rounding the corner toward spring, people! In my last column, I wrote about stalwart winter runners who thrive in the lightless, freezing months, finding soothing rhythms in dark early mornings, truncated afternoons, and long evenings of solitary pavement-pounding. I envy them, but my favorite time of year for running (for everything, really) is
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Sponsored Article Situated at the edge of the Palouse and the Columbia River Plateau, Spokane boasts an ideal landscape for road biking, with expansive flat terrain and a myriad of mellow hills—and plenty of not-so-mellow ones if you’re looking to test your V02 max. From bustling, paved bike paths to rolling Palouse backroads, we’ve highlighted
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When a rare sunny day arrives in early spring, many a hiker pines to be outdoors; however, trails can still be snow-covered or muddy. If the mountains are your sacred spot, you’re still many weeks away from snow-free hiking. The solution? Do an outing to the Columbia Basin in Central Washington. Snow is gone
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Restoration efforts bring renewed hope for cleaning up Spokane’s Hangman Creek How did Hangman Creek become one of the most degraded streams in Washington, and what can be done to bring this once-vital salmon stream back from the brink? In many ways, it starts with the Palouse itself. The fine soils that make up the
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By Karie Lee Knoke Is it spring yet? It’s still snowing, so it must be winter. But, it’s also sunny, so, maybe it’s spring? Nope, IT’S MUD SEASON! Mud season is our 5th season of the year in the Inland Northwest, and typically lasts for about 6 weeks (mid-March through April). Is it time to
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