Here’s the trifecta of winter outdoor mountaineering, courtesy RAA: Revelstoke Alpine Adventures Fills First Avalanche Skills Training Courses, Adds More Avalanche Training, Guided Ski Touring and Waterfall Ice Climbing REVELSTOKE, British Columbia – As the snow continues to fall and the need for avalanche safety and skills training increases, Revelstoke Alpine Adventures (RAA) announces additional […]
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AT LAST THE TIME HAS COME for winter recreation; and in Spokane, there are plenty of venues to choose from. But before dusting off your Alpine skis or sleds, why not try Nordic skiing (Cross County) at Mt. Spokane? Located 25 miles northeast of Spokane, the park maintains 13,919 acres within the Selkirk Mountains. A
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GREG HILL’S SHORT FILM on backcountry skiing, “The Unbearable Lightness of Skiing” was included in this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival. We caught up with the Revelstoke, B.C. native and interviewed him by cell phone in mid-November. He was at 6000 feet, skiing in the mountains when we spoke to him and reported the snow
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Fall is in the air, and while that makes most of us want to curl up next to a cozy fire, it invokes a different response from Spokane’s Eddie Isakson. “I feel it getting colder and I keep thinking, ‘I can’t wait to go camping,’” he says. That’s right, Isakson is an avid snow camper.
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And it’s FREE. Come see a great set of climbing films at Mountain Gear’s retail store, 2002 N. Division at 7PM 10/14/08. Tickets are free but limited. Pick them up at the store. Here’s the press release on the films on the Reel Rock Tour: Big Up Productions and Sender Films have teamed up with
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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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David Blaine, local chef and cyclist, recently returned from competing in the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race, an endurance race in which the riders are self-supported along a 2,490-mile course from Canada to Mexico. Imagine: You are 140 miles from the next place you’ll see another person, and you’re confident that the bike you’re riding
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THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD REASONS to locate an ORV park close to an urban area. It’s easier for people to get to, takes less gas to get vehicles there, easier to patrol, closer to parts and supplies, closer to medical facilities. But this is the best reason: someday NASA might call you up
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Old-growth forest stands provide destinations for hiking and camping to better appreciation the grandeur of old, big trees.
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Iranian Couple Cycling the World for Peace and Environmental Conservation Arrives in Spokane May 7th One year ago, on April 29, 2007 in Tehran, Jafar Edrisi and Nasim Yousefi started their journey to promote peace and environmental conservation by cycling around the world. Since then, the Iranian couple has logged more than 8,405 km on
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