Hiking

Easy One-Day Summer Adventures

With 13 weeks from June through August, it’s time to create your summer bucket list. These one-day adventures will help you explore our region’s recreational ...

Amy McCaffree June 30, 2016

A hiker watches sunset over the Bitteroots from Bear Creek Overlook in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.

Five Hikes in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains

South of Lolo Pass, on the Idaho-Montana border, the 200-mile-long mass of granite known as the Idaho Batholith lies exposed on the Bitterroot Divide, like ...

Aaron Theisen June 28, 2016

Two children holding handfuls of snow on a summertime snowfield at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.

National Parks: It’s a Centennial Year and They’re Closer Than You Think

One of the unique icons of America is its national parks – beautiful, historic, and usually expansive swaths of protected land for everyone to explore ...

Amy McCaffree June 27, 2016

Comments on Colville National Forest Management Plan Revision Due by July 5

The Colville National Forest is introducing a new revision to its Land and Resource Management Plan that will affect recreation uses, including hiking, mountain biking, ...

Elena Gardner June 23, 2016

Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival: 1 Day, A Whole Summer’s Worth of Fun (July 9)

At the 2nd annual Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival Saturday, July 9 at Camp Sekani Park on the Spokane River you can try stand up paddleboarding, ...

Out There Outdoors June 22, 2016

Off-the-Beaten-Path BC Adventure Towns

Living as close as we do to British Columbia and the unthinkably uncrowded Kootenay region, with its lifetime’s worth of outdoor adventure potential, dramatic scenery ...

Out There Outdoors June 18, 2016

Leavenworth: A Bavarian Basecamp for Summer Adventure

Leavenworth is more than Bavarian kitsch. Instead, it is one of the best places in the state for an active holiday – a prime location ...

Bradley Bleck June 15, 2016

Letter What? Letterboxing Provides New Way to Experience Familiar Spaces

Adventure. New places. Family fun. Creativity. If any of that sounds enticing, it might be a great time to start letterboxing. No, this isn’t what ...

Out There Outdoors June 13, 2016

Conservation Futures Public Nominations Meeting

The Conservation Futures Program will hold a meeting Thursday, June 16, from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Centerplace Regional Event Center at 2426 N. Discovery Place in the ...

Elena Gardner June 13, 2016