John Muir said “Going to the mountains is going home.” If you can relate, there is no shortage of places in the greater Inland Northwest that should feel like home. This is OTM’s second annual “Backcountry” issue, so a cover story highlighting a few wild, mountainous places that you can drive through, with drool-inducing views […]
The Mountains Are Calling Read More »
Last season I had conquered the rock rolls and jump lines at Beacon Hill, memorized every rock and root section at Mt. Spokane and ridden myself into boredom at the other local Spokane riding areas. For the trails in my immediate surroundings, I had reached a peak. I wanted a new challenge that would test
Seven Summits Trail – The Pinnacle of Mountain Biking in the Inland Northwest Read More »
Priest Lake is known as being a great recreational area for outdoor enthusiasts of all sorts. From kayakers to fisherman, mountain bikers to hikers, from the Jet Skis on the lower lake to the canoes on the upper lake, there is a little of something for everyone. Yet some of the best adventures to be
Priest Lake Trails for the Runner at Heart Read More »
The riding and racing at Silver Mountain might not be what you expect. The image of large, bulky downhill bikes with riders covered head-to-toe in body armor may still come to mind. As bikes, trails and riders have progressed over the years, the Silver Mountain experience has as well. With the heavily ramped-up trail crew
You Don’t Have to Be a “Racer” to Rally for Silver Mountain’s Downhill Race Series Read More »
Riders from around the region voted Silver Mountain as the “Top Bike Park in the Northwest” in 2014 in the second annual Best Bike Parks survey conducted by MTBparks.com, an online guide to mountain biking resorts across the continent. Over 3,000 people participated in the survey, which moved Silver Mountain up from the number four
Silver Mountain Voted #1 Bike Park in the Northwest Read More »
If you own a mountain bike, and have been thinking about a trip up to Fernie, this is the weekend to do it. June 27-29 is the opening weekend for the Fernie Alpine Resort Bike Park; the weekend of Fernie’s biggest all-mountain stage race, a 3-day bike race called the Fernie 3; and the dates
Fernie, B.C.’s Biggest Biking Weekend of the Year Promises Fun for Everyone (June 27-29) Read More »
Some of North America’s best mountain biking trails are in Rossland, B.C., with trails for all skill levels, shuttles, clinics, and tours.
Rossland, B.C. Mountain Biking: Shuttles, Clinics, & Tours Read More »
Just because you started mountain biking on a fully rigid fat tire bike back in 1993 doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a badass rider. Let me tell you. I’ve watched much younger riders with far fewer chain replacements under their saddles destroy me up and down the trail and launch off jumps and speed through rock-drop
Even Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks — Sign up for a Mountain Bike Skills Class Read More »
With the first flakes of the ski season already behind us, and plenty more likely to fall in the coming month, resorts around the greater Inland Northwest are gearing up for what should be another solid season of powder days and sunny groomers (with a few variable, overcast days to keep it real, of course).
One-hundred fifty years ago, get-rich-quick schemers struck gold in what is now Helena in southwest Montana. More recently, the dry, fir-adorned foothills flanking Montana’s capital have produced riches for mountain bikers. Tucked in a “banana belt” on the dry east slope of the Continental Divide, about a five hour drive from Spokane, Helena sees a
Bike Helena: Montana’s Mountain Biking Capital Read More »
