Destinations
Biking Central Washington’s Beezley Hill
It’s cold and the low point in a long, high-pressure system, the kind of doldrums that make winter months stretch on forever. The air in Spokane is stagnant, and the temperature is at that not-so-sweet spot where both ...
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Fat Biking: Local Groomed Trails this Winter
Spokane, Wash. Each year we’re seeing more fat bikes plowing through the snow on trails here in the Inland Northwest, a trend that has also ...
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Ride These Short, Scenic Sections of North Idaho’s Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
73-miles of Paved, Mostly Flat Pathway Make for Fun and Easy Riding The Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, named one of the 25 top trails in ...
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Wallace, Idaho Adventures: Hiking, Biking, History, Dining, and Nightlife
They still mine silver in the mountains around Wallace, Idaho—but equally rich treasures are above ground too. Wallace is a gateway to trails for every ...
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7 Hikes in Washington’s Central Cascade Mountains
Give the more popular and overcrowded trails in the central Cascades a break by exploring these other options.
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Loving Leavenworth
A hike to the popular Icicle Ridge viewpoint exposes the quirky brilliance of Leavenworth. To the south, the Stuart Range with its alpine lakes and ...
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4 Alpine Lakes of the Pacific Northwest Trail
By Blair Libby After admiring, camping alongside, and inundating myself in the Pacific Northwest Trail’s dozens of backcountry waters, I’ve devised my own rating system ...
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Backcountry Lakes of the Pacific Northwest Trail
By Blair Libby A pair of bald eagles moved from ponderosa, to fir, to possibly a spruce, which rose up from corners of the lake as trout lookout ...
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Selkirk Bike Loop
By Michael Ebinger Newport. Sandpoint. Bonner’s Ferry. Creston. Kootenay Bay. Nelson. Trail. Metaline Falls. Box Canyone Dam. Ione. Back to Newport. That was one version of the Selkirk Loop on a bike ...
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