Get Out There
Local Beginner Runs
Sponsored by Ski the Northwest Rockies Association Resorts around Spokane and North Idaho make it easy to learn to ski or snowboard with lesson and ...
Read More...
Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark
Stay at Silver Mountain Resort and slide, swim, and play on a skiing or snow tubing vacation! This post is sponsored by Ski the Northwest ...
Read More...
The Snow Play Gateway
We took our son up to Mt. Spokane to ski for the first time when he was a month shy of his 2nd birthday. It ...
Read More...
Celebrating the Darkest Day of the Year
A few years ago, I stumbled across the idea of throwing a winter solstice party. Traditionally a pagan holiday, it’s an opportunity for anyone to ...
Read More...
The Healing Mineral Waters of Ainsworth Hot Springs
This post is sponsored by Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort The hot springs at what is today Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort north of Nelson, B.C., were ...
Read More...
Out There’s Holiday Gift Guide
Tis’ the season of giving, and if finding the perfect gift brings you the delight that it brings to our family, we are kin. Before ...
Read More...
El Niño Be Damned
Mixed predictions for the winter 2023/2024 season I started counting down the days to the start of the season back in June, like right after ...
Read More...
3 Fall Hikes in the Channeled Scablands
By Heidi Lasher When I moved to Spokane in 2010, I heard a lot about the ice-age floods. In fact, unsolicited information about the Pleistocene ...
Read More...
Repatriated Colville Tribal Lands Benefit Okanogan River Steelhead
In late September, Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC) and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation permanently conserved the 2,524-acre Antoine Valley Ranch, returning ancestral lands ...
Read More...