The Couer d’Alene office of J-U-B Engineers, a Boise-based civil engineering firm, was one of only three businesses in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington recognized as Bicycle Friendly Businesses by the League of American Bicyclists. Mountain Gear in Spokane Valley and Rings & Things in Spokane also made the list. What qualified them? Shower facilities […]
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GET YOUR MOUNTAIN CULTURE FIX IN ROSSLAND, B.C. Just north of the border, about three hours from Spokane, Rossland, B.C. is a laid back mountain town with an amazing stream of cultural events and offerings. Sure, many who visit Rossland tend to come for the renowned mountain biking trails or the legendary powder dumps up
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Similar to many Montana natives, Drew Stoecklein started skiing when he was just 2 years old. Since then he’s diverged from the pack and become one of the country’s top Big Mountain Freeskiiers. “I grew up ski racing my entire life,” he says. “But every ski race I was the kid out there jumping off
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GET YOUR MOUNTAIN CULTURE FIX IN ROSSLAND, B.C. Just north of the border, about three hours from Spokane, Rossland, B.C. is a laid back mountain town with an amazing stream of cultural events and offerings. Sure, many who visit Rossland tend to come for the renowned mountain biking trails or the legendary powder dumps up
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Conservation Northwest and the Lands Council are showing a documentary on people and predators coexisting, followed by discussion by a panel including Suzanne Stone of Defenders of Wildlife and Carter Niemeyer, formerly of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They will discuss the controversy that’s recently arisen as Idaho and Montana began to sell permits
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TRACIE FERRIS BEGAN RUNNING with a friend who was battling alcohol addition. Now 18 years later, running has become her addiction. “I started running to keep him motivated but got myself addicted,” she says. Last year alone, she ran more than 1,000 miles, and yes, she has a shirt to prove it. These days Tracie
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By David Stpehens A DAY OF CLIMBING AT CASTLE ROCK DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ALL ABOUT CLIMBING—ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT DAY OF CLIMBING IS SPENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE NORTH FORK OF THE COEUR D’ALENE RIVER AND THE COOL WATER HAS BEEN CALLING YOUR NAME FOR HOURS. MOST TRIPS TO Castle are topped off with
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This weekend is the Mountain Gear-sponsored UClimb event at Q’uemlin Riverside Park. Learn to climb in a comfortable small-group setting with other amateur climbers. Professional instructors will guide you through the basics of climbing, safety and conservation. For more information including pricing (various packages are available), call Mountain Gear at (509) 325-9000 or click here.
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Join Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong, who hails from Boise, Idaho, for a bicycling event benefiting the North Idaho Centennial trail. The Blue Cruise Charity Ride Coeur d’Alene on August 15th includes 15-, 30- and 62-mile fun rides, an after-ride picnic and a health fair. The ride starts and finishes at North Idaho College in
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The groundbreaking ceremony of the Centennial Trail in 1989 marked a new chapter for spokane recreation, and a new vision for most of the Spokane River. The freshly paved ribbon of asphalt, albeit incomplete, initiated a swell in jogging, Rollerblading and bike riding in the Spokane area. In the same year as the Tiananmen Square
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