Skiing/Snowboarding
Schweitzer Opens New Sky House Summit Lodge
A new 9,000-square-foot lodge on the summit of Schweitzer Mountain with a restaurant, full-service bar, café, and space for private events and outdoor seating opened ...
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Explore the Winter Wilds Safely—Be Avalanche Aware
I rolled into the foyer of an outfitter that had inundated Facebook with advertisements about a $5 Avalanche Awareness event. The atmosphere was that of ...
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“Hok Festival” Demo Day Offers Chance to Try Out Altai Skis Snowshoe/Ski Hybrid (January 28)
For the 2nd year in a row, the Sitzmark Ski Area near the small community of Havillah in northeast Okanogan County will host a day ...
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Silver Mountain Resort Changes Hands
Silver Mountain Resort recently announced that ownership of the North Idaho resort is changing hands. The new owners from the Seattle area are extremely excited ...
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Mountain Fun: Plenty of Cool Events are Calling You Up to Your Favorite Ski Hill This Winter
It’s peak snow season in the Inland Northwest, and our ski areas have come up with even more incentives to get up to the mountain ...
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Piste Off Liftie: Keeping it Real
A new ski season is upon us, and man am I stoked. Took a new gig this off-season working at a local pot shop, mainly ...
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Rock Skis: An Ode to Early-Season Sticks
Maybe you’ve seen this movie before. You have a brand new set of sticks that were just mounted and tuned, and they’ve been calling for ...
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Ski Bum Advice: Five People You Might Share a Table With in the Lodge
As I get older and slower, I find that taking more breaks is essential to making it through a day on the mountain. Not really ...
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Mountain Mugs: Mountain Gear’s Mark Beattie Explains Why There is No Bad Ski Day
Last March I walked up to the counter at Mountain Gear with a few pieces of backpacking gear and chatted briefly with the store’s assistant ...
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