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Sandpoint’s Top Early-Season Mountain Bike Rides

Photo by Doug Marshall, courtesy of Visit Sandpoint When early summer arrives in Sandpoint, Idaho, the mountains come alive with more trails to ride than you can fit into your vacation schedule. Sandpoint has been quietly adding to its trail systems that are anchored by long-time classics by building some of the Northwest’s best new […]

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Best Spring Hikes Near Sandpoint, Idaho for Wildflowers and Wildlife Viewing

Come springtime, the mountains, valleys, and waterways around Sandpoint, Idaho, come alive with wildflowers and wildlife, making it one of the top spring hiking destinations in the Pacific Northwest. Wildflowers burst into bloom in profuse displays, and a wide variety of wildlife is busy rearing their young. The area offers incomparably wild experiences in spring,

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Run Sandpoint’s Scenic Long Bridge Half Marathon, 10K, or 5K May 10, 2025

(Photos courtesy of Priest Lake Multisports) Run a fresh challenge this May. Sandpoint’s Long Bridge Half Marathon is the only Inland NW course with more than 3 miles of running along a pristine mountain lake, with 5km, 10km and 13.1mi course options—all on paved bike trails. Escape the Fray—Run Sandpoint The Long Bridge Half Marathon

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Plan Ahead for Your Winter Sandpoint Getaway             

Nothing beats a Sandpoint weekend winter getaway that’s short on drive time from Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, leaving more time to ski, snowboard, snowshoe, fat bike, and relax! With Schweitzer Mountain Resort scheduled to open in November for the 2024/2025 season and La Nina already delivering plenty of snow, now’s the time to plan your

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Plan Your Fall or Winter Sandpoint Adventure Getaway           

Fall mountain biking in Sandpoint. Photo: Aaron Theisen Sure Sandpoint is close enough to the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas to make it a day-trip destination for fall and winter adventures, but why not maximize your drive and adventure time with a multi-day stay? A two or three day trip also means you’ll have time

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Road Trip to Sandpoint … and the Mini Road Trips That Follow  

Cover photo courtesy of Visit Sandpoint Let’s handle the first part of a Sandpoint road trip this way: If your starting point is say, Spokane, then your driving time to Sandpoint will be 80-90 minutes via I-90 east to Coeur d’Alene, then Highway 95 north to Sandpoint. Pretty easy. Once you grab lodging in town

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Spokane to Sandpoint Changes and New Relay

In 2008, two brothers named Ben and Bart Orth created the Inland Northwest’s first overnight relay run, the Spokane to Sandpoint Relay (S2S). The standard 2-day, 12-person, 36-leg race format was popularized by Portland’s Hood to Coast, and S2S sought to bring the same unique style of event to Spokane. The original course started atop

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Sandpoint’s 3/4 Minus Cykeltur gravel ride is back for 2023

Photos courtesy of Syringa Cyclery. Gravel grinder. Gravel gran fondo. Gravel ride. Whatever you call it, the ¾ Minus Cykeltur is Sandpoint, Idaho’s own two-wheeled spring tour of the less-traveled, mostly gravel backroads. Set for Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 10 a.m., the start and end of this timed gravel ride put on by Sandpoint’s

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