Expert advice from Mt. Spokane Ski School Director and ski instructor Katrin Pardue–what to wear (and not wear) to stay warm, what to eat, and how to prepare kids for cold weather recreation.
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Living in the Inland Northwest, we are fortunate that skiing and snowboarding are still affordable family activities. Our local resorts offer plenty of deals, and your family doesn’t need to look like you just stepped out of a Patagonia catalog to keep dry and have a day of fun sliding in the snow together. While
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Spokane-area small businesses — Rambleraven Gear Trader, Sports Creel, and Play It Again Sports — sell used gear for alpine winter sports.
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By Derrick Knowles & Jon Jonckers 2020 has been a year we won’t ever forget, and local businesses need our support more than ever. Shopping at locally-owned stores helps keep jobs and money in our local communities, and local businesses will work harder to make sure you’re happy with your purchases. Wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, and use this
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By Susan Hales First, the pools are closed, and then the races are cancelled: no Lake Meridian mile race, no Omi mile on Lake Coeur d’Alene, no Flathead Lake Swim Series, no 1.76-mile Long Bridge Swim in Sandpoint, no 2.4-mile Coeur d’Alene Crossing, and (maybe) no 1.5-mile Lake Chelan Swim or 1-mile San Diego SharkFest. There will be
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Biking or walking to a local farmers market is great summertime urban adventure, offering exercise and healthy food.
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Please follow these guidelines when recreational hiking, boating, fishing, and other day-use activities on public lands and trails resumes on May 5, 2020. Check with your destination before departing. While many state-managed land destinations are open for day-use, other local, tribal and federal land may still be closed. (This includes national parks and recreation areas,
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I started wearing a helmet skiing over a decade ago, and good thing too. The very next season, casually picking my way down a shredded and deserted powder field, a young snowboarder crashed into me from behind. His board struck my helmet and the impact left my head aching for hours. It was long past
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By March, the urgency of the ski season has passed. First chairs, perfect lines, shin-deep tree runs have been scored. But the season is not done by any means. The mountains are still calling, and there are many ways that spring takes skiing and snowboarding to a higher level of bliss. 1. Powder Dumps: Sometimes
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I hate treadmills. I am far from alone on this. A treadmill run can be dreary, making you feel like a hamster on a wheel—because basically, that’s what you are. Sometimes, though, a treadmill is just a piece of essential gear, a tool that helps runners get through the often sloppy “shoulder season” bridging from
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