Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol Ski Swap: Friday, October 24-26, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center For 50 years now, the Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol Ski Swap, the region’s largest winter sports equipment and clothing sales event, has been helping skiers find the best deals on new and used ski gear and clothing. The swap has […]
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I admit, I chose extended snoring instead of skiing on those plentiful single digit, freezing arse colds this season, but that still left plenty of frosty lift-served and backcountry days sporting my Extravert gloves to give them a satisfactory whirl and eventual two warm thumbs up. I’ve worn through several different pairs of OR gloves
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Whether you’re a ski-bum or a middle-aged shredder, improve your street cred on the hill with these 26 ski lingo terms.
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The Skinny Ski Solution for Winter Fitness and Fun Ever since my first Spokane winter nine years ago, I craved some way to keep fit outside in the snow. I wanted to revisit a childhood spent outdoors during rural Alberta’s long winters. But unless you have a deep and abiding love affair with slush and
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The Schweitzer Alpine Racing School (SARS) Annual Ski Swap is one of the region’s top winter sports equipment and clothing events featuring thousands of new and used winter sports items being sold by both individuals and regional sports vendors. It’s a great way to upgrade your old equipment and prepare for another incredible North Idaho
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“I STARTED TELEMARK BECAUSE I was getting bored with alpine and just skiing inbounds. I guess I wanted more of an adventure,” says Mark Beattie, now a 30-year veteran of the sport. “I am apparently built for telemark—my knees feel better after a day of this kind of skiing rather than alpine [skiing],” he says.
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“I kinda have a love-hate relationship with the snow,” says Brent Emmingham. By day, Emmingham works as a Station Trainer at Spokane International Airport. By night, he is a volunteer for Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol. “I’m always keeping in mind the safety of the airplane passengers and resort guests,” he says. “I don’t look forward
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It’s a clever routine. Alpine ski during the middle of the week when the throngs and masses of people are about their daily routines. Then Nordic ski on the weekends, when the slopes are busy and the backcountry is begging to be explored. Tom Schaaf played this game of leapfrog throughout his years in Spokane
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Parents worry about their kids. So when Andy Mahre told his parents he wanted to become a professional freestyle skier, they were concerned to say the least. The Washington native grew up in Yakima and was practically raised on the slopes at White Pass. He comes from an illustrious family of skiers—his father went on
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Necessity is the master of invention. Vince Zimmer, owner of Spokane Alpine Haus, grew up on the South Hill without a nearby ski shop. He was tired of catching the bus downtown just to check out the latest boots and skis, so in 1976, at the budding age of 25, he took a chance and
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