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Map of the Blue Mountains Trail in northeast Oregon.

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 ...

Out There Outdoors March 29, 2021

Artistic rendering of the new Humbird hotel, as viewed from Lakeview parking lot, with snowy ski runs in the background.

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 ...

Out There Outdoors March 29, 2021

Person snowboarding down echo valley ski hill.

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.

Summer Hess January 26, 2021

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 ...

Derrick Knowles January 21, 2021

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 ...

Derrick Knowles October 19, 2020