Snow Sports
Ski Local: Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park
The closest ski and snowboard resort to Spokane and the region’s only non-profit ski area. Cover photo courtesy of Mt. Spokane Lifts: 6 chairlifts, plus ...
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New Winter Gear Preview from Spokane and North Idaho Shops
Local shops’ favorite picks for the coming ski and snowboard season By Brad Naccarato With a ton of La Niña optimism surrounding the upcoming 2024-25 ...
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Ski Bum Advice: Season Predictions for the 24/25 Season
This Better Be Good I was reflecting on last season the other day, and the one word that came to mind was meh. As in ...
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Budget Decrease to Impact Avalanche Forecasts
Cover photo courtesy Bea Lackaff The US Forest Service is facing a budget-limited future in the upcoming year now that supplemental funding provided via the ...
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SKI LOCAL: 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort
Cover photo courtesy of 49 Degrees North Eastern Washington’s largest ski area with 7 lifts and 2,325 acres of terrain near Chewelah, Wash. Lifts: 7 ...
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Gore Bike Signals Revolutionizes Cycling Safety
Dan Gore was biking down a steep street in Spokane, Wash., about to make a right turn with cars approaching, when the need for an ...
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Avalanche Danger in the Inland Northwest
Avalanches are unique among natural disasters; as Jeff Thompson, director of Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center (IPAC), puts it, people are the ones that create an ...
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Snowshoeing Yellowstone
Exploring winter magic in America’s first national park By Jean Arthur By the time my family and I finished snowshoeing around Mammoth Terraces in Yellowstone ...
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When The Student Becomes The Teacher
How one family exemplifies the Schweitzer-based North Idaho Mountain Sports Education Fund’s “earn your own way” ethos By Barry Campbell In 2010, long-time Schweitzer Mountain ...
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