Cover photo courtesy of The Friends of the Bluff The Good: Surprisingly few people seem to know about the 600 acres of ponderosa forests and bunchgrass meadows that border the western edge of Spokane’s South Hill. With about 20 miles of trails, 500 feet of elevation gain, sweeping views of the western sky, and no […]
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By Holly Weiler In September 2004, I was a relatively new teacher trying to land that elusive continuing contract at one of our local school districts. Most of my free time was spent running on local trails, but that fall I joined my first volunteer trail work crew at the urging of a friend. It’s
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Rossland, B.C. Cover photo by Ashley Voykin Courtesy of RED Mountain RED Mountain Resort announced in July that construction had begun on the new RED Mountain Bike Park, marking an exciting new chapter for the resort. According to the RED, the multi-year, multimillion-dollar lift-accessed bike park will be the centerpiece in transforming the resort into
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Photo: Ashley Voykin RED Mountain Resort has announced that construction has begun on the new RED Mountain Bike Park, a key component of a major long-term investment and strategic four-season plan, marking an exciting new chapter for the resort. With a focus on projects that showcase the region’s natural assets, RED aims to create a
Find off-the-beaten-path adventures in north-central Washington. Oroville locals refer to their small town of around 2,000 just south of the Canadian Border in north central Washington as the “gold at the end of the road,” a nod to its location at the end of US Hwy 97 and its gold mining history. Situated at the
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Fittingly, this story begins with a bike ride. Husband and wife shop owners John Bowman and Beven Rich were living in Michigan when Beven went on a 7-week-long charity ride (called The Big Ride), which took her through Idaho en route from Seattle to Washington, DC. She was hooked. The couple had been itching to
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Cover photo courtesy of Justa Jeskova Are you thinking of hitting the trails north of the border this summer? If you haven’t yet scoped out Big White Mountain, get this: it’s not only home to Big White Ski Resort, but when the mercury rises, the mountain totally flips the script. As the snow melts away
By Amika Taniguchi Cover photo courtesy of Lara Gricar The GRiT (Girls Riding Together) initiative is NICA’s (National Interscholastic Cycling Association) effort to recruit and retain more girls to mountain biking. The first nationwide program of its kind, GRiT focuses intentional effort on creating an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere for girls, who are underrepresented in
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Once you’ve visited Rossland, B.C., for a mountain biking trip, you won’t roll your eyes when you run across a proclamation of the Kootenay town being crowned Canada’s mountain biking capital. Seeing, and in this case, riding, is believing. One of the greatest joys of Rossland—in addition to the quality of trails, laid-back historic downtown
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Biking Tungsten Trail Cover photo courtesy of Ammi Midstokke The Tungsten Trail is a little-known gem of North Idaho, tucked in the mountains north of Bonners Ferry. However long your drive to this destination may be, it will be worth it. Most riders access the trail from Brush Lake, making for an ideal weekend getaway,
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