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BCAAs: Nutrition Witchcraft or Food Science?

Eating has become an overwhelmingly involved practice these days. From determining whether or not we should avoid gluten, dairy, red meat, and salt, to secret ...

Ammi Midstokke December 17, 2017

Winter Fun That Doesn’t Require a Chairlift

Don’t ski or snowboard? No problem. Carpe diem this winter and play in the snow outside your door. Here are four wintry adventures that ...

Amy McCaffree December 14, 2017

Cryptic, Cold-Loving Ice Crawlers

You may not see them if you’re skiing the groomers; but, venture off-piste at night, and you might catch a glimpse of these cryptic, cold-loving ...

Matt Jones December 13, 2017

Kalispel Tribe Receives Grant to Help Caribou

The US Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Kalispel Tribe $96,000 through a Tribal Wildlife Grant to help fund the South Selkirk Mountain Caribou Maternal ...

Jon Jonckers December 9, 2017

Gear We Love

There is a worn, scratched, and cobweb-covered SMC ice axe that’s been hanging in one of my gear caves or another for over a decade. ...

Derrick Knowles December 7, 2017

Trail #130 to the CCC Cabin

A snowshoe hike to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cabin at Mount Spokane State Park offers some of the best views available on the snowshoe ...

Holly Weiler December 7, 2017