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.
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Silver Avalanche Memorial: Jan. 7, 2021
For the one-year anniversary of the avalanche at Silver Mountain Resort in North Idaho, the resort will host a memorial event to honor the three victims.
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Provisions: Cocktails on the Go
In Spokane, Lil Sumthin’ Cocktail Market and Cochinito Taqueria now offer cocktails on the go. Great for holiday or birthday celebrations and virtual parties.
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Local Holiday Gift Guide – 2020
By Derrick Knowles & Jon Jonckers 2020 has been a year we won’t ever forget, and local businesses need our support more than ever. Shopping at locally-owned stores helps keep jobs and money in our local communities, and local businesses will work harder to make sure you’re happy with your purchases. Wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, and use this
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Trail & Public Lands Champion: Diana Roberts
Some of us only ride, hike, or run trails. But there are many others who also support outdoor recreation and conservation groups and volunteer their time on trail and restoration projects. We need more of the latter, people who are trail and public land champions, like Bill Way and the NEWTS, Diana Roberts, and Bill Kinzel. (OTO)
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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 yes. The ability to travel with the animals is one of the primary reasons we bought our van, so we’re happy to make room for the dogs and birds and their sundry provisions. Our two senior
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Tracking Cougars in Washington
Mountain lions are one of the most elusive animals in North America. Chances are if you spend time in the wilds you have rousted a cougar out of its bedding area without even knowing it. But some of these big cats get habituated to the human world, and losing their life because of it. Kalispel tribal biologist
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Regional Avalanche Center in Trouble
Retired board member of Friends of IPAC Liam Fitzgerald explains how Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center (IPAC) is being impacted by USFS budget cuts.
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New Technical Outdoor Gear Shop to Open
Spokane, Wash. When Mountain Gear closed its doors this past January after 37 years of selling technical outdoor gear, Spokane-area climbers and backcountry skiers were suddenly left without a local source for select gear and expertise. Conversations around the local outdoors community quickly turned to speculation about who would step up to fill the obvious hole left
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Loving Leavenworth
A hike to the popular Icicle Ridge viewpoint exposes the quirky brilliance of Leavenworth. To the south, the Stuart Range with its alpine lakes and sculpted peaks plow skyward; to the north, the Cascades continue their voluminous march toward Canada. And to the east, the Bavarian-themed town some 5,000 miles from Europe offers a smorgasbord
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