Too Hot: 7 Ways to Do Better for Our Climate
Ways to take more responsibility for our impact on our destabilizing climate. Extreme heat, drought, and wildfires threaten outdoor recreation and much more.
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Outdoor Adventure in the Age of Climate Change
Sally Phillips is concerned. As one of Spokane’s longtime leading cycling advocates, as well as a board member for Spokefest—the Inland Northwest’s largest bicycle ride, held the second Sunday in September—Sally fears the event’s future is increasingly murky. “Last year we were about to cancel the whole thing until the day before,” she says. “In …
Climate Change in the Northwest: Fires & Smoke-Filled Skies
Remember when it use to rain during the hot summer months? If you have been here a while, then you can recall a wetter era when not just the occasional mud sprinkle but full-on thunderous downpours used to grace our summer skies from time to time. Yet in recent years, the trend has been towards …
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Record Low Flows Mean It’s Time to Adapt
I’m never far from our river, in whatever form it takes. This fall as I was waxed my skis, I dreamed of turns in deep Copper Basin, Bitterroot Mountain powder. Layers and layers of clean Idaho snow; our river in its most primordial form. But as the winter drug on and the mountains were buffeted …
A Chance of Snow: The Return of El Nino?
I am one of those guys who tries to take a “glass is half full” view on things, especially when it comes to winter recreation. As such, I rarely check the snow report before heading to the mountain for a very simple reason. It doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a powder day …