Bike or Walk to the Farmers Market
Biking or walking to a local farmers market is great summertime urban adventure, offering exercise and healthy food.
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10 Coronavirus-Friendly Kids Activities
Avoiding crowds but not the fun — ideas for outdoor family recreation and adventure in the age of COVID-19.
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Inland NW Race, Ride, & Event Guide – 2020
Here are 100+ good reasons to exercise and get out of the house this spring, summer, and fall. Registering to participate in an event motivates commitment to health and fitness routines and inspires travel to other cities and regions of the Pacific Northwest. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or Strava-addicted competitor, there is something for
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Where Can I Go Outside?
Guide to Close-to-Home Public Lands Staying at home as much as possible to keep ourselves and our community healthy is a wise idea while coronavirus continues to spread across the Inland Northwest. But getting outside safely and close to home by yourself or with the people you live with—not your extended family or buddies—is important
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Wenatchee Valley: Shoulder Season Heaven
The Wenatchee Valley, in central Washington, is the perfect shoulder season destination, with opportunities for spring skiing, hiking and trail running, rock climbing, kayaking and river sports, and mountain biking.
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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 along Highway 2, and for a long time whenever I passed through I was tempted to pause my road trip and go for a nice long walk through the adjacent
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Backcountry Booty: Coldsmoke Powder Festival Weekend Pass (Hidden: 2/6/20; Found: 2/9/20)
Ready to play Out There Outdoors’ Backcountry Booty treasure hunt contest? Read on for our contest rules and details. Then get out there and find the booty! Backcountry Booty Prize: For this mid-winter Booty we are giving away a Full Weekend Pass to the Coldsmoke Powder Festival at Whitewater Ski Area near Nelson, B.C. February
B.C. Ski & Winter Travel Guide
Southeast British Columbia Winter Destinations Winter adventure doesn’t stop at the U.S./Canada border; in fact, opportunities to ski and ride, wander, and explore hip mountain towns only get bigger, better, and less crowded once you cross the 49th parallel. Out There’s 2nd annual B.C. Ski & Winter Travel Guide comes at a time when the
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Hike of the Month: Tubbs Hill
McEuen Park, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho By winter solstice on Dec. 21, sunset will occur around 4 p.m. It’s a challenging time for Inland Northwest hikers. During the week it’s dark before the typical work day ends, and even on the weekends time is limited, as so many trail systems have open hours from dawn to
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Hike of the Month: Abercrombie Mountain via Flume Creek Trail
Colville National Forest Not that the Inland Northwest has particularly tall mountains, as the Selkirk Range can’t quite measure up to Cascade standards for height, but Abercrombie Peak comes in as the second tallest mountain in eastern Washington at 7,308 feet. The nice part about moderately tall mountains is that they sometimes have trails leading
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