Snow Sports
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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Skiing Uphill: Rules to Follow if You Plan to Ski or Snowshoe up Mt. Spokane this Winter
As we head into winter in the Inland Northwest, many of us are gearing up for winter activities, and for many seasoned and aspiring backcountry ...
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Stoked on Revelstoke: Head North Now for Early-Season Powder
In some corners of the modern snow sports world, the hype, unfortunately, seems to outweigh the powder on the ground. This thought crossed my mind ...
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Learning to Ski as an Adult
The first time I clicked in to skis, I didn’t know how to turn, how to weight my legs, where to put my hands. A ...
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Resort Hook-up: Save at Local and Regional Resorts with a Mountain Sports Club Membership
Whether you have a season pass or not, a Mountain Sports Club membership gives you more options to ski and ride around the Inland Northwest, ...
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Inland NW Local Holiday Gift Guide: Winter Sports
This holiday season, OTM makes your shopping easy with our Local Holiday Gift Guide. There’s no need to search far and wide for gifts for ...
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The Riblet Tramways on Mount Spokane and Beyond
Byron Christian Riblet arrived in Spokane in July 1885 after completing the Civil Engineering program at the University of Minnesota. He spent the first few ...
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Local Shop Ski Gear Picks
Season pass? Check. New GORE-TEX jacket? Check. Winter tires for the Subie? Check. This year’s hottest ski gear? If you’re not feeling too confident about ...
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