Virtual Riding & Other Pandemic Cycling Spectacles
During the COVID-19 pandemic, more people started cycling, purchased bikes, and participated in virtual rides and races.
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Pandemic Spurs Local Food Access Innovation
LINC Foods, a Spokane-based worker and farmer-owned food hub known primarily for its LINC Boxes local food service, responded to the pandemic Stay at Home order this past spring with a new way for the public to buy products from local farmers. The new LINC Marketplace is an online grocery shopping experience where anyone can shop
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Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Trail Building
Thankfully many mountain bike trail builders have a hard time sitting still. While much of Washington State was shut down this spring due to the COVID-19 outbreak, some trail work continued at many of the Spokane region’s popular riding areas. Evergreen East Mountain Bike Alliance president Chris Conley says that while the organization’s official work parties had
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Pandemic Perspective
Spending time outside in the coronavirus era is more important than ever, but what’s even more critical is doing it safely and responsibly. No matter how bad we think we need a ride, run, or ramble, it’s our job to keep the best interest of our loved ones and community front of mind. I admit
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Why Books Make Your Life Better
Reading, and especially reading on paper, is so two-generations ago. Despite an uptick in our post-pandemic world book consumption, the trend of reading is a downward slope toward the abyss of 140-character tolerance levels. Not you of course, because you’ve already made it this far. If that makes you feel a little righteous, it should.
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Canada’s Largest Ski-In, Ski-Out Resort
Find big terrain with adventures for everyone at Big White only 4.5 hours away This post is sponsored by Big White Ski Resort. Making it back up to Big White last season after a two-year pandemic hiatus felt a bit like returning to a home away from home. Since 2015, our family has made a
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Chewelah’s New Gold Hill Tails
The imporbable story behind the Gold Hill Community Forest Back in 2017, Jake Wilson, co-owner of Quartzite Brewing in Chewelah, Wash., got tired of just wishing there were singletrack mountain biking trails nearby and instead started figuring out how to make it a reality. Wilson started meeting with other locals who shared his vision and
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Sekani Trail Run Rebuilds Momentum
An annual 5k and 10k race that also includes a free kids’ 1k event, the Sekani Trail Run has become a fall tradition for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities to set out on together on the trails of Spokane’s Camp Sekani Park. Like in the past, this year’s event, held on Sunday,
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The Triumphant Return of 24-Hour Mountain Bike Racing
After a two-year hiatus, 24-hour mountain bike racing returns to Riverside State Park in Spokane. The original organizers of the legendary 24 Hours Round the Clock event, Wendy Zupan and Gino Lisiecki, ran that race from 1999 to 2019. Then, quite magically, they called it quits right before the whole world ground to a halt
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New-Ish Trails Near Fernie, B.C.
If you haven’t biked in Fernie since before the pandemic, there are a few new trails to add to the list. That’s in addition, of course, to the hundreds of miles of other mostly singletrack trails that surround this mountain town just five hours north of Spokane. Roxy Roller is a fun and flowy blue
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