How Nature Can Help Heal Mental Health
Documentaries and memoirs show how physical activity outdoors can be a form of therapy and recovery from trauma and difficult life periods.
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2018 Northwest Music, Art, and Outdoor Festival Guide
Explore a new city through its festival, as you exchange smiles and rub elbows with locals who enjoy common interests. Use this guide of more than 50 regional events to help plan your weekend road-trips and summer vacations—choosing destinations and dates that coincide with festivals. Whether you like bluegrass bands and beer gardens or small-town
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Run (and Play) for the Dishman Hills
Celebrate National Trails Day on June 2 with a trail run or afternoon of kid-friendly outdoor activities at Dishman Hills! The inaugural 5k trail run, called the Tom Rogers Memorial “Run for the Hills,” begins at 9:00 a.m. In this case, the hills you’re running for are the Dishman Hills, referred to as the Wild
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Family Outdoor Events & Adventures
Spokane Bike Swap & Expo (April 14): Find a new bike for your kid (or yourself) at the region’s largest bike consignment sale—Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Spokanebikeswap.com Washington State Parks Free Admission Days (select dates, April-Sept): No Discover Pass required on April 14 (Spring Day), April 22 (Earth Day), June
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When Running Loses That Loving Feeling
This morning’s run was not good. I knew it wouldn’t be when last night I was already trying to talk myself out of it. I was tired, stressed, and up late too many recent nights. I had too many work deadlines, emails to return, a class birthday celebration to plan, unfinished writing assignments, plus
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4th Annual Spokatopia Festival Set for July 7
The Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival returns to Camp Sekani Park and Boulder Beach on the Spokane River for the fourth annual celebration of the region’s incredible outdoor recreation opportunities. The event has grown into one of the largest bike demos in the Northwest, where riders can try out the latest mountain bikes and other bikes
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Improve Your Fitness with Reactive Balance
Danny Clark stands two feet off the ground, balancing on the long end of a block of firewood. He wobbles back and forth but in a controlled, rhythmic way. “I went to a yoga class recently, and the instructor did a one-leg balance series to see if she could make me lose my balance. She
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6 Ways To Beat the Winter Blues
Mitigate the winter blues and darker, gloomy weather days in the Northwest, with these 6 strategies for improving physical and mental health.
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Buy Expo Tickets Early for a Prize
Purchase an Expo ticket online now and pick 1 of 3 giveaways The 2018 Spokane Great Outdoors and Bike Expo will feature over 50 exhibitors working to bring the outdoor fun we love indoors to the downtown convention center. You’ll be able to test bikes and gear from local bike shops and at the REI
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Backcountry Fundamentals
Getting Ready for Another Epic Season Dreams of 10,000 foot days still haunt me, even though I’ve been more likely to bonk or cramp up after climbing less than half that on backcountry ski tours these past few busy years. So I’m writing this in part to motivate and inspire myself to set bigger goals,
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