As a nature and wildlands enthusiast, I love any project that works toward securing and protecting the integrity of natural landscapes. I also happen to love coffee. Enter DOMA’s La Bicicletta, a medium roast blend with notes of fruit, chocolate, and spice that was born out of a love for bicycling and a desire to […]
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Outdoorsy Events Let Your Voice Be Heard! The Blue Mountains region, consisting of the Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman, and Malheur National Forests, is currently undergoing a revision of its existing Forest Plan. A series of public meetings is planned throughout September and October, including an online Zoom meeting option on October 10. Join any of these and
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Photo: Jesse Harding, courtesy of the Ferry County Rail Trail Hikes, Rides, Scenic Drives, and Mountain Town Exploring in Northeast Washington The cool little town of Republic, Wash., near the Canadian border in northeast Washington is a well-rounded, old-West outpost. The community has weathered various mining and logging booms and busts over the years and
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An annual 5k and 10k race that also includes a free kids’ 1k event, the Sekani Trail Run has become a fall tradition for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities to set out on together on the trails of Spokane’s Camp Sekani Park. Like in the past, this year’s event, held on Sunday,
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Saturday, September 23 is the launch of a new fundraiser event for the Riverside State Park Foundation, with all proceeds going toward park projects and enhancements. This event features your choice of a mountain bike course or run/hike course. Each course features stations with a bean bag toss to earn a poker card at each
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Backcountry Booty Contest – Hidden 9.5.2023 Play our region’s family friendly scavenger hunt! We hid a prize out in a regional park and you get to go find it. CONTEST RULES Play the Out There Venture Backcountry Booty treasure hunt contest and you get to explore different trails around the region and possibly win gift
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When I think of race directing, I imagine someone hanging onto a cliff by their fingertips. If all goes well, they scramble up, carry on, and no one notices. But one rock tumbles, a handhold slips, and they plummet to jeers of disgruntled participants who believe idiots seal their own fate. Eighteen years ago, I
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This magical little mountain jacket reminds me of an elven cloak of Lórien from “The Lord of the Rings.” If you’ve ever put on a wind-proof jacket on a hike, run, ride, or climb when the weather turns or elevation demands it, but were left wanting something with more substantial warmth, this could be your
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The Great Canadian Beer Fest On Tour, presented by the BC Ale Trail and Cranbrook Tourism, is coming to Cranbrook, BC, only a 3+ hour drive from Spokane, on Saturday, September 23 2023. You’ll get to taste Canadian craft beer from coast to coast in the base camp of the Kootenay Rockies. The Great Canadian Beer
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Above the treeline and among harebell, paintbrush and columbine, my friends and I hiked a section of the Continental Divide Trail, a 3,100-mile mountainous route tracing the Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada. Ours was a working vacation. Last summer, we volunteered with the Wild Montana trail crew to mitigate trail washouts and damaging shortcuts,
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