Hiking Areas You don’t have to go far to find great hiking spots in Spokane. Dishman Hills and Riverside State Park both have miles of beautiful hiking trails. Or check out the Liberty Lake Loop Trail, Mt. Spokane State Park, Rimrock Canyon, or Iller Creek. Or, if you’re looking for something at a slower pace, […]
By Evergreen East The Conservation Futures application deadline is coming up and Beacon Hill needs your voice. We don’t need to tell you that Beacon Hill is a special place and offers some of the best mountain biking, trail running and urban recreation in the inland northwest. What you may not be aware of is
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Jon Snyder ranks high on the list of passionate, community-minded Northwest outdoor enthusiasts. He founded Out There Monthly, and his record on the Spokane City Council continually revealed his dedication to pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor recreation and conservation. On January 12, he took on a new role as the first ever Outdoor Recreation and Economic
My throat itched and I could feel a thin layer of soot building in my nose from a nearby wildfire as we wound through a smoky canyon at McClellan Conservation Area. We hiked toward a moderate crack my friend Kevin Klim was in the process of developing as a new route. He had spent hours
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It’s All Part of the Spokane Christmas Bird Count Fun Sunday morning, December 27, will find 60 or so muffled, mittened, rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed folks bedecked in binoculars and listening attentively (in small groups) as the dimmer switch of dawn gradually brightens the day. They will be scattered about the Spokane Count Circle – as
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Growing up in the Spokane area, it’s kind of hard to believe that I hadn’t done more than hike or drive along the edges of Lake Spokane before an Avista-inspired boat tour of the 24-mile-long lake last summer. The reservoir, which is formed by the Long Lake Dam impounded waters of the Spokane River, is
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The Spokane River is a trail, 111 miles long, offering something for everybody, in every season: soaking up nature along the Centennial Trail, the excitement of hooking a native trout, rafting the Bowl and Pitcher, swimming or soaking up some sun on the riverbank. While finding the river is pretty straight forward, accessing the river
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If you hike or ride a bike or horse on the many miles of trails in the Inland Northwest, then you are the perfect candidate for a Washington Trails Association volunteer trail project. Trail building and maintenance is fun and rewarding, and most volunteers leave with a new appreciation for the effort that goes into
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I use to make a list of outdoor trips I wanted to do each year. Sometime in the middle of winter, my vitamin D deficient brain would drive me to my computer to type up a dream list of outdoor adventure objectives for the coming season. A section from a list I made in 2007
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Winding through stands of giant ponderosa pines while pebbles and mud scatter in your wake. Gliding over slick rocks as your bike responds to each element of the trail. Bombing aggressively through canyons as you navigate smooth, narrow singletrack. Sound familiar? Yes folks, it’s that time of year again; time when we emerge from our
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