Hiking
3 Trails in the Little Spokane River Natural Area
By Maya Jewell Zeller Enjoy these trails and abundant wildlife close to Spokane on foot, but please be aware that dogs and mountain bikes are ...
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The Cost of Playing Outdoors
By the rules of the outdoor industry, I shouldn’t have been having fun. I was picking my way over boulders in Missouri’s Cathedral Canyon, and ...
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Hike of the Month: Telford Recreation Area
If you’ve driven west on Highway 2 through Davenport on your way to Wilbur and points west, you’ve seen it. There’s a lonely rest stop ...
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Long-Distance Hiking Conference is Back
By Tyler McFarland Hayden, Idaho— For many of us, a pack on our backs and a rugged pair of shoes on our feet is the ...
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Long-time Gear Shop Changes Hands
Sandpoint, Idaho— Downtown Sandpoint’s Outdoor Experience, or OE as it’s known to many of the outdoor gear store’s customers, has been a fixture of the ...
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Kick Off Spring at the 2020 Great Outdoors & Bike Expo (Feb 22-23)
Spring will be here before we know it, and the Spokane Great Outdoors and Bike Expo at the Spokane Convention Center on Feb 22-23 is the Inland ...
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Fat Girls Hiking
Body Positive Hiking Community By Amanda V. Mead When Summer Michaud-Skog began hiking with her girlfriend in the Oregon wilderness in 2015, she couldn’t help ...
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Hike of the Month: Geophysical Trail System in Colville National Forest
On a recent visit to the Geophysical Trail System north of Newport, Wash., I pulled up a mapping app on my phone and proceeded to ...
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That First Green Backpack
I remember the first purchases that really defined me—those I bought with my own “hard earned cash” such as my first CDs, first car, first ...
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