The new athletic facility at Whitworth University features a state-of-the-art indoor climbing wall. Located in the southeast corner of the newest building on campus, the climbing wall is 32’ high with approximately 2,500 square feet of surface area. Asana, a climbing company based in Boise, Idaho, is responsible for the intelligent padded floor and a […]
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Let your car take care of the elevation gain for your start from Pass Creek Pass (5,910′), then wander along the spine of the Divide and take in the varied hues of fall foliage on this out-and-back hike. Trailside bushes range from scarlet to burgundy while western larch make their annual transition from green to
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Cyclocross is a unique sport. Essentially you redline your body’s tachometer at the start, keep it redlined, and try not to blow up before it’s over. And yet you don’t have to because you can take it as seriously as you want. The racing is as intense as you make it. That’s important because for
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By: Bradley Beck, Robin Hartikainen, Derrick Knowles and Erika Prins Autumn in the Inland Northwest is prime hiking time. The summer heat has passed, there are fewer people out on the trails, and the combination of fall colors, crisp air, and birds and other wildlife preparing for winter can make for an exhilarating hiking experience.
The Schweitzer Alpine Racing School (SARS) Annual Ski Swap is one of the region’s top winter sports equipment and clothing events featuring thousands of new and used winter sports items being sold by both individuals and regional sports vendors. It’s a great way to upgrade your old equipment and prepare for another incredible North Idaho
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Is Rossland a quaint ski town with some of the best cycling available? Or, is it a serious road and mountain biking destination that just happens to host the snow-covered steeps of Red Mountain? Rossland is all of this and a fun town with plenty of pubs, restaurants, B&B’s, and arts and cultural events to
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The bow of the boat is slowly sinking down into the water as my friend Chris fills the internal ballast tanks of his 2008 Malibu Wakesetter with river water. “We need about 1,000 pounds of weight to get the wave height dialed in just right” says Chris. Within minutes the boat’s internal pumps have filled
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When the snow disappears each year, many ski resorts and mountain towns throughout North America shift gears. They’ve learned to lure valley dwellers back up to the mountains with their bikes to pursue flowy ribbons of dirt and heart-pounding descents. Several Inland Northwest area ski resorts have been slowly heading that direction for years, while
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Floating the Spokane River during the hottest days of summer has long been a favored pastime for generations of locals—blow up the big, fat tubes, load up the cooler and the car and go. This process got much easier—no more figuring out tube transport and a shuttle system—thanks to Jon Wilmot and his company, FLOW
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The idle railroad tracks serve no purpose now except the one for our group this day. Very little traffic was passing by and yet two people pulled over to satisfy their curiosity. “Are those bicycles? You ride them on the railroad? That’s so cool. I’ve never heard of that before.” Neither had I. Michael Conley,
