If you’ve visited Sandpoint only during the summer, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. There’s a reason this town of nearly 7,000 souls on Lake Pend Oreille has received a swarm of national notice. Sunset magazine labeled it the number eight “dream town” in the west, calling it “a four season outdoorsy resort that’s […]
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Snow camping separates the die-hard backpackers from the rest of us who simply tolerate it or enjoy it for its best moments of adventure and serene wilderness. Those that love it with a particular zeal, however, share an unbridled passion for winter splendor-shoveling a level spot for pitching a tent, digging into snow to build
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Want to be a professional skier? Step One: Learn to ski as soon as possible. Step Two: Continue to seek mountains that will challenge you. Step Three: Get your picture taken. Step Four: Keep pushing yourself. At least, that’s what Cheney-grown Micah Black did. The freeskiing superstar got his start in the world of skiing
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Savvy Ski Resorts Prepare for the Future By Argyle Baukol When it comes to climate change, it seems that the winter sports media reflects a laissez faire attitude that is typical in the ski culture. Pick up a ski or snowboard magazine and you won’t read the overwhelming details of global warming. While ski blogs
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Three things got crossed off my life list this month; ultimate frisbee, laser tag, and riding the new Basin Express quad at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. The new lift was unveiled Friday. I can report that it’s slick and fast and looks like a Star Trek space shuttle. Also On Friday Schweitzer raised over 18k for
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Dash and Kix Kamp: No, despite the cute names, they’re not the latest invention of the Disney Channel or some comic book writer, but even at the young ages of 15 and 10, respectively, these brothers from Sandpoint have already established themselves as unreal. Unreal snowboarders, that is. Dash started riding when he was six
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Mark Harris lives his life carving hills. A former competitive snowboarder, the current Schweitzer snowboard team coach took up longboarding during the summer to fill the competitive void and fell in love with the sport and its lifestyle. “In this high tech world with cell phones and PDAs, where our cars talk to us and
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Every outdoor pursuit has its hazard. For mountain bikers, it may be a rut or a rock garden in a steep, technical downhill stretch. If you’re a surfer or kayaker, you’re always susceptible to a sneaker wave or hole waiting to school your ass. And wilderness trekkers may have to contend with lions, tigers, bears
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Most of us only dream about spending an entire season chasing our favorite outdoor pursuit, leaving it to a few hearty souls to make a life out of the sport they love. You’ve seen them before, the unshaven guy sleeping in the back of his truck up at the resort parking lot, the young woman
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Want to be a professional skier? Step One: Learn to ski as soon as possible. Step Two: Continue to seek mountains that will challenge you. Step Three: Get your picture taken. Step Four: Keep pushing yourself. At least, that’s what Cheney-grown Micah Black did. The freeskiing superstar got his start in the world of skiing
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