With the first flakes of the ski season already behind us, and plenty more likely to fall in the coming month, resorts around the greater Inland Northwest are gearing up for what should be another solid season of powder days and sunny groomers (with a few variable, overcast days to keep it real, of course). […]
There’s no shortage of options when it comes to planning out a summer full of adventure here in the Inland Northwest. With recommendations for families, casual adventurers, and those in search of more hardcore challenges to push their limits, there’s a trip and a place in here for anyone who loves the outdoors. Visit someplace
“It’s a balmy 11 degrees Fahrenheit down in the valley,” Brian tells me over the phone. I’ve been on the mountain skiing in wind chills that would strike fear into the heart of Shackleton, and though I haven’t counted my fingers yet, I’m pretty sure my nose is gone. “I’m coming down,” I tell him
I remember the first time I saw a fat bike at a bike shop in Spokane about two and a half years ago. I asked about it and was told it was great for riding on sand at a beach. I looked at the price: $1,700. I picked it up and felt how heavy it
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Last year firefighter John Griffith awoke to find that Spokane had finally make bicycle lanes throughout the entire city. No, he wasn’t having another cyclist dream, for on this particular day, the snow was too deep for plows to create two lanes. In return, a full lane for vehicles and a half lane—perfect for bicycle
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Don’t let the perfect spring and early summer cycling season pass you by without planning a few days in the saddle riding some world-class North Idaho trails and bike routes. The historic mining town of Wallace, Idaho, is an up-and-coming biking hub with its easy access to the 73-mile, paved Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes;
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Keeping fit over the Inland Northwest winter is tough. Despite being blessed with outdoor winter recreation options, cyclists often relegate themselves to the pain cave, both a state of mind and home to the indoor trainer. Until the last few years, the pain cave was all about suffering. But with the advent of smart trainers
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It is no secret that I am resistant to just about everything except coffee and cookies. As a health care practitioner, I feel it my civic duty to scrutinize every supplement, ingredient, therapy, protocol, and medication until I can confirm it has never been associated with cancer. Thus it was natural for me to resist
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Featured image courtesy of Nils Larsen and Altai Skis Plan Your Winter Escape to Backcountry Ski, Snowshoe, Cross-Country Ski, or Fat Bike on the Trails around Republic, Wa. The small northeast Washington town of Republic, surrounded by mountains, trails and several Sno-Parks, is the kind of place where close-to-town winter adventures come steeped in solitude
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Riverside State Park, Washington’s second-largest state park, makes outdoor adventures available to a wide range of visitors in the park’s nearly 10,000 acres of natural areas along the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers. With trailheads and facilities close to downtown Spokane, the park offers camping, hiking, mountain biking, running, bird-watching, swimming, fishing, ORV riding and
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