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Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival: 1 Day, A Whole Summer’s Worth of Fun (July 11)

Biking, Climbing, Disc Golf, Events, Get Out There, Hiking, Outdoor Living, Running, Spokatopia, Yoga / By Out There Venture

Have you always wanted to try stand up paddleboarding, rock climbing, kayaking or geo-caching? How about SUP yoga, disc golf, rafting, slacklining or demoing the latest mountain and road bikes? Or is hanging out in a pine-shaded beer garden watching mountain bikers flying through the air at the Spokatopia Mountain Bike Jump Jam and listening […]

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Paddling with Your Kids — What to Know Before You Go

Get Out There, Outdoor Family / By Amy McCaffree

“Paddling is a wholesome sport and a good way to meet people,” says Stan Mrzygod, president of the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club, which he’s been a member of since 1979. He and his wife taught their three children how to paddle. “They just learned by doing it with me,” he says. By the teenage

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Bombing the Beacon bunchgrass. Photo: Skye Schillhammer

Recent Trail Building at Beacon Caters to Diverse Riding Abilities and Styles

Biking, Get Out There / By Derrick Knowles

If you haven’t ridden Simple Tools, Pop Rocks, or the Up Chuck re-route, you and your bike owe the Camp Sekani/Beacon Hill trail system a visit. And these newish xc trails are only a sampling of thoughtful, fun and flowy sections of singletrack that have been carved out of the earth by Evergreen East mountain

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These are two of the four bikes that were stolen. By chance I had taken photos of them downtown not long before the theft. Photo: Hank Greer

Fighting Back Against Bike Theft

Columns, Everyday Cyclist / By Hank Greer

It’s heart sinking. You look around and ask, “Where’s my bike?” The answer you deny is, “It’s gone.” You look again and again to make sure. But it’s gone. I’ve experienced this twice myself. When I was six, my very first bike was taken from my front yard. When I was 15, the first bike

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Nordic Kids lessons are a great way for kids to learn cross-country skiing with the help of parent volunteers." Photo: Tim Wright

Getting Into Cross-country Skiing in Four Easy Steps

Get Out There, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Out There Venture

In recent years, a growing contingent of people in the Inland Northwest have embraced snow sports besides downhill skiing – particularly snowshoeing and Nordic (cross-country) skiing. And while we live within easy reach of one of the premier Nordic ski areas in the Northwest, the Mt. Spokane Cross-Country Ski Park, it can be challenging to

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There are only ten weeks between the summer solstice and Labor Day this year – what is your kid’s bucket list of fun?

Summer Adventure Camps For Kids

Columns, Outdoor Family / By Amy McCaffree

There are only ten weeks between the summer solstice and Labor Day this year – what is your kid’s bucket list of fun? Here are some ideas. Scholarships and special discounts are available for many of these camps, so be sure to ask. Spokane Parks & Recreation Outdoor recreation-based experiences, especially those in a wilderness

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Outside Inside

Get Out There / By Amy McCaffree

Your Guide to Indoor Fun and Fitness for the Fall Shoulder Season Resist the urge to hibernate during the colder, grayer “shoulder season.” Perhaps easier said than done. After all, it’s often too ______ (fill-in-the-blank with current nasty weather condition) for ________ (whatever you most like to do outside). And there’s not enough snow in

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2012 Valley Girl Triathalon

News / By Out There Venture

–July 6, 2012 – Liberty Lake, WA Live Well Network’s host, “Live Big with Ali Vincent” to compete in the Valley Girl Triathlon this Sunday! Ali Vincent is celebrated and known for winning the 3rd Season of The Biggest Loser. “ I have never done the Valley Girl Triathlon before but I am very excited

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Ferry County Rail Trail celebrates 2nd annual Ski Day

Leave a Comment / snowshoe / By Out There Venture

This just in for January fun! Ferry County Rail Trail celebrates second annual Ski Day The Ferry County Rail Trail Partners have announced that the second annual Ferry County Rail Trail Ski Day will take place on Saturday, January 14th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last year’s inaugural event proved to be quite a

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Trail Building at Wyakin Park

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Wyakin Map Spokane Parks and Recreation is planning two volunteer trail building days this fall one on Veteran’s Day Friday November 11 from 12-3PM and another Saturday November 12 from 9AM-Noon at Wyakin Park which is located in the Northwest part of Spokane at the corner of Assembly and Francis. This area is about 20

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