New Location for this Year’s Sekani Trail Run Cover photo courtesy of Sekani Trail Run Fall trail runners who sign up for the annual Sekani Trail Run on Oct. 5 will be running a new Beacon Hill course with a new venue at Minnehaha Park, just down the road from the traditional Camp Sekani Park […]
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Cover photo courtesy of Riverside State Park Foundation New to this fall’s recreation line-up, “The GRIND,” a gravel circuit race, is coming to Riverside State Park. The start and finish are at the Seven Mile Airstrip, home of the successful 24-Hour MTB and Wednesday night MTB races. This race is a collective brainstorming effort from
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Washington’s Discover Pass, the required vehicle access permit for state parks and other public lands, will see its first price increase since the program began in 2011. Starting Oct. 1, 2025, the cost of an annual pass will rise from $30 to $45. The Discover Pass is valid at state lands managed by Washington State
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Get a fall ride in on the Route of the Hiawatha before it closes for the 2025 season Sept. 21 // Photo courtesy of Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area Idaho’s Silver Valley is a fall adventure hub, where crisp mountain air and golden leaves set the stage for everything from biking iconic rail trails
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Glen Tana conservation area on the Little Spokane River. Photo by Carol Corbin, courtesy of Inland Northwest Land Conservancy If you’re the kind of person who comes alive on a trail, in a kayak, or pedaling through the forest, you already know how much the outdoors gives back to us. Fresh air, wide-open views, the
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Cover photo courtesy of Evergreen East Looking to sharpen your riding this fall? Evergreen East—the Eastern Washington chapter of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance—is offering six adult mountain bike skills clinics in September at Spokane’s Beacon Hill and Camp Sekani. Options range from true-beginner fundamentals to focused progressions such as technical descending and intro to drops
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Hauser Conservation Area, WA/ID Stateline By Holly Weiler Cover photo courtesy of Holly Weiler Hauser Conservation Area might be accused of being a bait-and-switch misnomer of a park: the name is so firmly associated with a lake in next-door Idaho, that visitors may have some unmet expectations. So, first, what this conservation area is not:
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The Grey Ghost Pursuit is returning for its second year on Sept. 27–28, offering gravel riders two days of exploring the rugged backroads linking Christina Lake, Castlegar, and Rossland, B.C. Riders can choose between two fully-supported routes: the “Dig Deep” course—140 kilometers each day with nearly 3,000 meters of climbing Saturday and another 2,110 meters
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Connecting to the world through trail work By Claire Thompson Cover photo courtesy of Xander Demetrios Not far from the trailhead on the Indian Creek trail in the North Cascades’ Glacier Peak Wilderness, an unnamed side stream spills from the eastern flanks of Mount David into the White River. A few summers ago, my Forest
