Keep It Wild: #TagResponsibly
The #TagResponsibly movement wants social media users to think twice before identifying sensitive backcountry areas.
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41 Ways to Beat the Heat in the Northwest
Stay cool during a Northwest heat wave! Here are 41 ideas for recreation, adventure, and family activities.
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Volunteer with Idaho Trail Association This Summer: Work Projects in Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Idaho Trails Association organizes volunteers to help clear trails around the state, and have a summer 2021 schedule of work projects in Idaho Panhandle National Forest.
32 Spring & Summer Inland NW Trip Ideas
Inland Northwest trip ideas for North Idaho and Washington: including the Silver Valley, Lake Pend Oreille, Salmon River Canyons (ID); and Kettle River Country, Pend Oreille River, and Lake Roosevelt (WA).
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3 Scenic Inland NW Drives with Day Hikes
The federal government owns nearly 30 percent of Washington’s land; in Idaho, that figure is more than doubled. Which is to say, we, the public, own some of the most beautiful real estate in the country, from sagebrush steppe to subalpine meadows. And while much of it is remote backcountry requiring serious sweat equity, vast swaths border backroads and two-lane highways.
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Finding Camas Flowers
Each spring the wet meadows of the Pend Oreille River Valley explode with the purple-blue blooms of one the regions’ most culturally important plants, common camas. Common camas, Camissa quamash, is one of six types of camas in the lily family that range from California to British Columbia and has been an essential food source for Salish and other
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35 Close to Home Summer Adventures in the Inland NW
With so many lakes, rivers, trails, and public land acres throughout the Inland Northwest, adventure is always close by. Here are 35 ideas, activities, and destinations to find it.
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Get Schooled Outdoors: Programs Offer Hands-On Learning for Careers Outside
Rock climbing, mountaineering, and ski touring for college credit? Yup! There are classes for these and more in the Mountain Adventure Skills Training (MAST) program at College of the Rockies, in Fernie, British Columbia. This nine-month program teaches students how to become an adventure tourism professional and offers certification in swiftwater rescue, wilderness first responder,
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What’s New at Your Favorite Local Resort
The alpine skiing and snowboarding scene here in the Inland NW continues to evolve as more snow sliders discover our little slice of snowy Shangri-La each season. And our local resorts continue to respond with new lifts, runs, glades, hotels, and other improvements to keep us all moving up and down the mountains in style.
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Best Mountain Biking Trails Near McCall, Idaho
Although McCall, Idaho, is better known as a lakeside getaway for Boise residents, it’s not all beach cruisers and boutiques: the region has been a mountain biking destination since the sport’s early years. And autumn is an ideal time to ride here, when Payette Lake has traded summer crowds for fall color, and frosty mornings
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