Create The Ultimate Family Camping Experience
5 ways to plan, coordinate, and implement a family camping trip that’s doable and fun and will have kids asking for more.
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Fall in the Flathead
Say good-bye to summer tourists and embrace a peaceful autumn in northwest Montana. Post-Labor Day travel in the Flathead Valley area is an extension of summer, minus the crowds. Sport a bikini by day and a beanie by dusk; pack warm clothes as autumn evenings are refreshing after playing in the sun. Both luxury and
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SUP Wild: Paddleboarding the Idaho Backcountry
It wasn’t until the night before the trip that I started to think about the feasibility of what I had planned. My girlfriend Carly and I were organizing our gear and starting to load our packs. Inside went the normal items: tent, sleeping bags, pads, and food. The big challenge was fitting two inflatable stand
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Five Hikes in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains
South of Lolo Pass, on the Idaho-Montana border, the 200-mile-long mass of granite known as the Idaho Batholith lies exposed on the Bitterroot Divide, like a half-extracted fossil. The advance of alpine glaciers during the most recent ice age sculpted this ridge into a series of rugged peaks and steep, incredibly straight canyons cut by
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Leavenworth: A Bavarian Basecamp for Summer Adventure
Leavenworth is more than Bavarian kitsch. Instead, it is one of the best places in the state for an active holiday – a prime location for road and mountain biking, day and overnight hiking, rock climbing, river rafting, eating and drinking, even a little tchotchke shopping. Located about three hours west of Spokane, Leavenworth has
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Guest Editorial: A Call to Action in Support of the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Guest Editorial By Jeff Lambert, Executive Director, Dishman Hills Conservancy The terrific Land and Water Conservation Fund lapsed due to Congress inaction. The LWCF has been successful for 50 years in funding many local parks and conservation areas using a small portion of the royalties paid to the federal government from oil and gas leases.
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7 Wild Places — Epic Backcountry Drives & Adventures Along the Way
Backcountry roads can be the necessary evil of adventure: every recreationist has his or her story of harrowing, white-knuckled mountain driving or late-night tire repair far from the nearest Les Schwab. But sometimes it’s ok to embrace the backcountry drive, not as a means of getting to the destination but as the destination itself. On
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Looking Back at the Spokane Mountaineers (1968-1976)
In 1968 the Spokane Mountaineers hosted then-Congressman Tom Foley at the club chalet on Mount Spokane to discuss conservation issues and other hot topics. Another piece of big news during this period included the opening of the North Cascade Highway to the public. On the skiing front, club members skied at Jackass Ski Bowl (aka
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Hike of the Month: Heart Lake Loop (Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho/Montana Stateline)
To give this route justice, devote at least a weekend to exploration and hike, at minimum, the complete loop around Heart Lake. This route includes a visit to sapphire-blue Pearl Lake and gives visitors the option to scramble to nearby Dalton Lake. This portion of the Bitterroot Mountains is within the long-proposed Great Burn Wilderness,
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Running the Wonderland Trail: 3 Runners. 3 Days. 1 Crazy Adventure
I am twelve miles into a 35 mile day, and I haven’t stopped grinning since the first step. We’re running through the fields of Indian Henry’s Hunting Grounds, where the awe-and-amazement factor heavily outweighs the what-have-I-got-myself-into factor. This particular adventure began with questionable idea #281: Run around Mount Rainier’s aptly named Wonderland Trail ad hoc
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