Author and photographer, John Roskelley, is a dabbler in everything outdoors. In his first half century, John fought his way up four 8,000-meter peaks, including K2 and Everest, plus a plethora of devilishly hard, unclimbed shorter Himalayan faces and ridges. A graduate of WSU in geology, John has written four adventure books and, most recently, […]
Rivers beckon when the dry heat of summer begins to drain your energy. Tubing a river is the quintessential relaxing activity – simply sit back and enjoy the scenery. Play it safe, though. A well-fitting, properly-adjusted Coast Guard-approved Type III-V personal flotation device (PFD) should be worn by everyone tubing on moving water, regardless of
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They’re called drivers but they ride bikes. And they deliver food for Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches on Wall Street in downtown Spokane. What’s it like to jump on your bike and deliver a sandwich or maybe two 30-piece platters? I took an extended lunch and shadowed several of the drivers as they made their deliveries.
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The Fly Fishing Film Tour returns this winter with a milestone season, marking 20 years of bringing fly fishing stories to big screens around the world. The 20th Annual Fly Fishing Film Tour stops in Spokane on January 30th at The Bing Crosby Theater, with the show beginning at 7pm, offering Inland Northwest anglers and
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The 2026 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour lands at the Fox Theater in downtown Spokane for three screenings Friday through Sunday, Jan. 9-11. Each night features a fresh program of up to nine new adventure films, a long-running tradition that now stretches more than three decades. Friday and Saturday doors open at 6
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89-year-old Galen Chamberlain turns the page on his final hike in Rich Landers’ classic “100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest” guidebook. By Chris Maccini Cover photo courtesy of Diane Delanoy It was 29 years ago that Galen Chamberlain first picked up a copy of Rich Landers’ classic guidebook, “100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest.” At
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Happening Feb. 21-22, 2026, at the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you are dreaming of sunnier, warmer days outside, the Spokane Great Outdoors Expo is a shot of summer when we need it most in the dead of winter. It’s
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Not every winter day in the Inland Northwest is a snow day. In those in-between stretches—when the valleys are bare but the mountains are white—lower-elevation trails close to town can be the perfect fit: less driving, fewer variables, and easy to fit in a hike while it’s still light out. Here are several reliable, close-to-town
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By Jon Jonckers Cover photo courtesy of Jon Jonckers For The River Beer stands out not because it’s trying to reinvent the wheel with uplifting flavor, but because it nails its promise: a refreshing, accessible lager made with community, place, and purpose in mind. Ten percent of proceeds go to Spokane Riverkeeper’s mission toward protecting
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(Nonfiction, 2025) By Sara Kennedy This lyrical, genre-blending book explores the title question through a series of river visits made by the author. Weaving together adventures to the River of the Cedars in Ecuador, the Chennai River in India, and the Mutehekau Shipu in Canada, Macfarlane ties them together with observations of a spring in
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