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The Road Less Traveled to Waterton Lakes
In 2022, America’s national parks had over 213 million visitors. Closer to home, Glacier National Park had over 2.9 million visitors. That popularity has led ...
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More Kootenay Rail Trails
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 ...
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Bikepacking the Kettle Valley Rail Trail
Rolling out of Midway, B.C., on fully loaded bikes in the pouring rain might make one think that things can’t get worse, but the Kettle ...
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Castlegar’s Often Overlooked MTB Trails are Worth a Visit
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 ...
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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 ...
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New Kootenay Singletrack
As one of the birthplaces of freeride mountain biking, the Kootenays of southeast British Columbia have accumulated decades of world-class trails on seemingly any slope ...
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Summer Picks from “100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest”
The first guidebook in my personal collection was a copy of Rich Landers’ 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest, purchased circa 2001, when hiking and ...
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Rafting and Floating the St. Joe River
The high water floating/rafting season runs from the first week of June through the first week of July. Travel time from the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area ...
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Fishing Rods, Play Boats, and Big Skies
An epic, multi-sport Montana road trip. Browne Bridge to Glen on the Big Hole Last July, some friends and I made the five-hour drive to ...
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