It’s early evening, and my riding buddy Nat and I are pedaling toward Brokeback Ridge on the wooded slopes of Fernie Provincial Park outside Fernie, B.C. Word on the trail is Brokeback, a mile-long black-diamond luge run, is on every Fernie local’s top five list. We hear a loud crash and branches snapping. We stop. […]
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Spokane and Coeur d’Alene Meghan Henry, triathlete and winner of this year’s second leg of the Tour de Dungeness. Bike of choice: Giant TCR Advanced Pro Background: Henry competed in Ironman races for eight years. 2019 is her second year road racing where, at the time of this writing, she is four points shy of
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“Mountain biking is the vehicle we use to help kids grow into healthy, empowered adults, through positive outdoor experiences,” says Lisa Miller, executive director of the Washington Student Cycling League, which offers a statewide team mountain biking program for student-athletes in grades 6-12. Currently, the league’s northeast Washington region has 100 student-athletes and 8 co-ed
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Join us for the last one!!!! Yupper, we’re hanging it up after this one, so we don’t want you to miss out!!! The 20th annual “24 Hours Round the Clock” is a 24 hour mountain bike race at Riverside State Park, Spokane, WA. Racing begins at noon on Saturday and ends at noon on Sunday. Teams
Chasing snow-free trails in the channeled scablands may only take you a half hour drive west of Spokane but may require a longer road trip deeper into the Columbia Basin. Here are a few options: The 130-mile-long Columbia Plateau Trail: The closest access to the non-paved section of this rail trail is near Cheney, Wash.
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For mountain bikers, mid-winter can seem like an endless stretch of icy singletrack and roads riddled with rock salt. If a road trip to the desert southwest is out of the question, look closer to home. The channeled scablands, the flood-scoured sagebrush steppe of central Washington, offers quick-fix hits of snow-free pedaling. First things first:
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Families, friends and local companies form Chinook (solo), Coho (tandem) and CHUM (relay teams) to run, bike and paddle through Bellingham’s scenic parks, winding trails and open waterways. Course includes 5.5-mile greenways run, 6-mile mountain bike, 18-mile road bike, 3.4-mile trail run, 2.6-mile paddle and .65-mile team TREK.
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Families, friends and local companies form Chinook (solo), Coho (tandem) and CHUM (relay teams) to run, bike and paddle through Bellingham’s scenic parks, winding trails and open waterways. Course includes 5.5-mile greenways run, 6-mile mountain bike, 18-mile road bike, 3.4-mile trail run, 2.6-mile paddle and .65-mile team TREK.
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The Northwest’s Premiere Enduro Mountain Bike Race Series showcasing and supporting Cascadia’s world-class mountain bike trails. The 2019 finale will be held on the Chuckanut Mountain Range which offers large amounts of vertical, great views and high quality single-track.
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