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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 to a reservation system for bringing cars into the park. Given that popularity, how might we enjoy what national parks afford without finding ourselves cheek by jowl with fellow travelers? […]

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Surf Central Washington at Lakeside Surf

Lakeside Surf, the world’s largest stationary surf wave that opened in Chelan, Wash., in 2021 continues to serve the wave riding longings of land-locked surfers for their third season. While the closest ocean surf spots are a long day’s drive from the Inland NW, Lakeside Surf offers a world-class surfing experience just three hours west

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Spokane to Sandpoint Changes and New Relay

In 2008, two brothers named Ben and Bart Orth created the Inland Northwest’s first overnight relay run, the Spokane to Sandpoint Relay (S2S). The standard 2-day, 12-person, 36-leg race format was popularized by Portland’s Hood to Coast, and S2S sought to bring the same unique style of event to Spokane. The original course started atop

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Where to Go Snowshoeing and Cross-Country Skiing Near Spokane

The relatively recent explosion in snowshoe use has been incredible to watch. I feel like an old curmudgeon relating the stories of my early snowshoe years. In those days, I could go to Mount Spokane State Park and Nordic ski for a couple hours, then switch to the snowshoe trails and still have first tracks.

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