Travel
32 Spring & Summer Inland NW Trip Ideas
Inland Northwest trip ideas for North Idaho and Washington: including the Silver Valley, Lake Pend Oreille, Salmon River Canyons (ID); and Kettle River Country, Pend Oreille River, and Lake Roosevelt (WA).
Leave No Trace
During last summer’s huge increase in use of public lands, many of our favorite places took a beating from inconsiderate outdoor recreationists. Let’s do better this summer by doubling down on our own Leave No Trace practices and politely reminding others to do the same.
10 Adventure & Travel Planning Tips for Summer 2021
Use these 10 travel planning tips to help you make the most of your spring and summer adventures during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Meet Powder Matt: Border Closures Deliver Locals-only Shred Fest In the Kootenays
With the international border closed for non-essential travel, we asked self-proclaimed ski bum “Powder Matt,” from Kimberley, B.C., to share about the pandemic skiing life along B.C.’s Powder Highway.
Remapping a Lost Thru-Hike in Northeast Oregon
The Blue Mountains Trail, a work in progress for decades, has evolved into a 566-mile point-to-point long-distance trail with a spiral shape connecting its two ends, Wallowa Lake State Park near Joseph and John Day.
New Schweitzer Hotel to Open for 2021/22 Ski Season
Since breaking ground in the spring of 2019, Schweitzer Mountain Resort has been working to complete a new hotel project in the village. The 66,580 square foot, 31-unit hotel complex will be a ski-in, ski-out property that will provide essential arrival services and slopeside accommodations for Schweitzer’s year-round guests.
Soul of Skiing: Community Ski Hills
Echo Valley Ski Hill (3,000′ elevation) near Lake Chelan is one of the few remaining small ski areas still operating in Washington State.
What To Do Outside This Winter
List of favorite winter pastimes from 11 of the region’s most passionate devotees of the great outdoors, to help inspire you to get out there more this winter.
Blackboard Marketplace – Wallace, Idaho
I wandered into the Blackboard Marketplace after a morning of skiing and afternoon of day drinking around the many bars and brewpubs of Wallace and …
Campervanning With the Petting Zoo
By Rebecca Mack “Will you bring the petting zoo?” Our far-flung kids ask this every time we head out to see them. Of course, the answer is …