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Child running on a treed dirt trail during the Camp Sekani Trail Run event.

Inland NW: Live & Virtual Races, Runs, & Rides in 2021

Leave a Comment / Biking, Events, Get Out There, Lifestyle, News, Races & Rides, Running / By Derrick Knowles

If you’ve been missing runs or rides with other humans this past year, things are looking up for 2021. While many races, fun runs, and rides are still only offering virtual events (that can still be completed with your own friends or family), there are quite a few live events with some level of COVID safety mitigation planned this year. Sign up for one or more and get outside, be safe, and run, walk, and ride together!

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Person snowboarding down echo valley ski hill.

Soul of Skiing: Community Ski Hills

Destinations, Skiing/Snowboarding, Travel / By Summer Hess

Echo Valley Ski Hill (3,000′ elevation) near Lake Chelan is one of the few remaining small ski areas still operating in Washington State.

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Adventures in Being Human: Planning Season

Columns, Human Adventure / By Ammi Midstokke

Planning is about setting intention and avoiding the insidious sprawl of life to take over. In a world of unknowns, a planner gives a sense of calm stability.

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Little Ripper: Libby Collins at Silver Mountain

Get Out There, Outdoor Family, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Amy McCaffree

Skier – Age: 12 Home mountain: Silver Mountain; also trains at Mt. Spokane and Mt. Hood (Oregon). Favorite runs at Silver: Tall Paul, SOB, the race course. Learned to ski at age 2: “I was taught by my mom and dad, which helped me to become the skier I am today. By the time I was

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Get Your Body Ready for Ski Season

Events, Get Out There, News / By Derrick Knowles

Spokane, Wash. Don’t let the pandemic keep you from tuning up your body before you hit the slopes. Physical Therapy Associates is putting on a free virtual 6-week injury prevention series that includes weekly strength and conditioning videos and prizes to get alpine skiers ready for the powder days to come. Anyone can watch the

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Become a Better Runner with Yoga

Get Out There, Running, Yoga / By Sarah Hauge

Running can be a stress-burning, outdoors-exploring, heart-pumping source of fun—but it’s also monotonous, with the forward motion repeatedly taxing the same exact muscles, mile after mile. This is why smart runners rest, stretch, and cross train to strengthen other muscles, to increase flexibility, and to prevent injuries. The challenge is to maximize running time while still squeezing

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Spring Ski Safety Tips

Health & Fitness, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Amy McCaffree

“Challenging spring conditions include the rapid transition from slick snow to grabbing snow, which pushes the rider forward,” says John Batchelder, pro patrol director at Lookout Pass. “Proper stance and balance is a key to staying in control. Knee and shoulder injuries are common in this situation.” Be mindful of the “freeze-thaw-freeze effect,” according to

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Fascial Stretch Therapy

Columns, Health & Fitness / By Sarah Hauge

Fascial stretch therapy (FST) is starting to take off. But there are many who have never heard of FST—let alone fascia. So let’s start there. Fascia, explains Spokane-based fascial stretch therapist Kimberly Sheridan, “is the connective tissue that surrounds muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, and organs—it’s the connective tissue around everything.” Picture fascia kind of like

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All the Season Passes: Ski Family Profile

Skiing/Snowboarding, Snow Sports / By Amy McCaffree

Not one, not two, but three season ski passes belong to Kim Lukes, 64, which is why she skis 70-90 days a season, along with her husband of 44 years, Craig. While they’ve long been dual-pass holders at Mt. Spokane and Silver Mountain, this season marks their first with Ikon Passes.

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Avalanche at Silver Mountain Resort

Get Out There, News, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Out There Outdoors

News Release from Silver Mountain Resort (KELLOGG, ID) – On Tuesday morning at approximately 11:00 a.m. there was an avalanche in the Chair Four basin on a run called 16-to-1. Medical personnel/ski patrol and volunteers responded immediately and started search and rescue efforts. A total of seven people were caught in the avalanche. Four skiers

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