Find off-the-beaten-path adventures in north-central Washington. Oroville locals refer to their small town of around 2,000 just south of the Canadian Border in north central Washington as the “gold at the end of the road,” a nod to its location at the end of US Hwy 97 and its gold mining history. Situated at the […]
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By Peter Moynes Cover photo by Lindsay Donovan courtesy of Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism I met Jason and Alice in the Morning Mountain parking lot, just outside of Nelson, British Columbia. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon in mid-June. The two had just finished riding Blue Steel, and with wide eyes and wider grins, they
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For decades, there has been talk of new hiking and mountain biking trails on 5,000-foot-tall Rathdrum Mountain, which rises up from the north edge of the Rathdrum Prairie roughly halfway between Liberty Lake and Coeur d’Alene near Rathdrum, Idaho. With around 540 acres of city-owned land on the mountain, visions for trails began to unfold
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I’ve done many road trips to British Columbia, because there’s a ton of beauty there, so it’s natural I’m super excited whenever I go. Maybe you noticed I borrowed the words from the well-known phrase, Super, natural British Columbia. Luckily, not much travel time is necessary to experience BC’s super naturalness. The following hikes with
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The Kootenay region of British Columbia is packed with beautiful rail trails. A bustling set of rail lines fueled early logging and mining operations and the Canadians have done a masterful job of converting disused railways to splendid trails for outdoor recreation. Many of these trails are restricted to non-motorized traffic, but some allow for
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The Merry Go Round, part of the Merry Creek mountain bike trail network in Castlegar may only be a 1.4k blue trail primarily used for climbing, but the trail should make your BC mountain biking bucket list simply to experience the Cliff Hanger: this 20-foot-high, 60-foot-long bridge hangs from the side of a sheer rock
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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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In collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, the Loup Loup Ski Bowl on the east slope of the Cascades near Okanogan, Wash., is working to preserve and build over 30 miles of trails around the Loup Loup North Summit in the coming years. The trail project will take place over
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Find all things trails related in Northeast Washington trail recreation, including volunteer events, at Newashingtontrails.com.
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Volunteer on our public lands and trails — a healthy activity for all ages. Learn about opportunities with Inland NW organizations.
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