Summer days draw outdoor enthusiasts to the Priest Lake area in droves, but not everyone is content to merely linger by the lake. The nearby trail systems attract hikers, mountain bikers, and horseback riders who access the backcountry on a network of trails leading from the shoreline to the surrounding mountain tops. Winter storms and […]
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“The sight of Harrison Peak hovering above its namesake lake at the headwaters of the Pack River provides one of the loveliest backdrops in all of North Idaho,” according to Thad Laird. He ought to know since he wrote a Climber’s Guide to North Idaho and the Cabinet Wilderness. Make no mistake; Harrison Peak and
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Everyone can have a “lake place” if you consider all the public campgrounds and backcountry alpine lakes that are available for little to no cost. Only a two-hour drive from Spokane, Priest Lake is one of mine. It provides an easy, low-cost retreat even for minimalist outdoor recreationists—you don’t need a boat to have fun.
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Check out Tod Marshall’s great piece on Upper Priest Lake.
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(Selkirk Mountains, North Idaho) Hughes Fork and Jackson Creek share a trailhead near Hughes Meadows in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Each can be a stand-alone day hike for visitors to nearby Priest Lake, remaining low to enjoy the old growth forest’s lingering huckleberry patches in September or fall mushroom season as rains return in
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Story of a classic Northwest sailboat, Empress of Pullman–one of the many wooden sailboats made by Fred and Don Smith in western Wash.
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Travelogue of a 5-day backpacking trip in northeast Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains.
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It’s not all about colorful fall leaves. These 6 forested trails offer sagebrush and sub-alpine scenery as well as peaceful solitude.
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A grayish bluster and biting cool breezed in our faces as we paddled the Priest Lake to Upper Priest Lake Thorofare. My four-year-old mop-haired granddaughter, Sophia, rode in the bow seat of my 18-foot fiberglass expedition canoe while I hammered my carbon fiber race paddle for all it was worth. The unseasonably cool late spring
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