By Melissa Thompstone Cover photo by Ashley Voykin courtesy of Tourism Rossland Winter in Spokane can mean gray skies, a mix of slush and snow, and the kind of ice that turns every sidewalk into a trust exercise. But did you know that just 2.5 hours north, winter tells a completely different story? One filled […]
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By the time YouTube was born, Sandpoint-based “Ski Flakes” had been broadcasting its steep, deep, and irreverent take on mountain life to the Inland Northwest for more than a decade. By Barry Campbell Cover photo courtesy of Terry Cooper As the saying goes, it pays to be in the right place at the right time.
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Cover photo courtesy of The Steelhead Expo and Derby For many Inland Northwest anglers, winter doesn’t signal the end of steelhead season. Instead, it marks one of its most social weekends of the year. The Steelhead Expo, running January 9 through 11, 2026, brings anglers together in Lewiston, Idaho, a town long synonymous with Clearwater
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The 2026 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour lands at the Fox Theater in downtown Spokane for three screenings Friday through Sunday, Jan. 9-11. Each night features a fresh program of up to nine new adventure films, a long-running tradition that now stretches more than three decades. Friday and Saturday doors open at 6
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By Sara Kennedy Cover photo courtesy of Aaron Scott After years of curiosity, this past winter I decided to start working on skills for biathlon, a sport virtually unknown in the United States but eternally popular in Northern Europe. I’ve long been intrigued by the combination of the two opposite sports—heart-thumping, lactic acid-pumping Nordic skiing
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Cover photo courtesy of Derrick Knowles Northeast Washington-based Altai Skis puts on this annual gathering of backcountry ski touring enthusiasts, including those interested in Altai Skis’ Hok ski that some have described as a “ski-shoe” that combines elements of a backcountry ski and snowshoe. This year’s weekend event was originally planned for Feb. 7-8, but winter
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Cover photo courtesy of Bri Loveall Apple sleuths Dave Benscoter and Bret Clifton are on a mission to rediscover long-forgotten apple varieties once grown across the Inland Northwest. Through the Lost Apple Project, the pair has identified hundreds of “lost” heirloom apples once thought extinct, some traced to the Palouse’s early homesteads. They’ll share their
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