Cover photo by Nate Mattson courtesy of Ski Wallace Each February, Wallace, Idaho, remakes itself into something no one expects: a snow-filled, high-velocity, urban slopestyle battleground. The quiet historic streets transform into a two-block terrain park lined with lights, cheering crowds, an ice bar, and enough adrenaline to power the town’s neon signs for a […]
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Cover photo courtesy of Wallace Food Bank Join a 3-mile run or walk in the Silver Valley on Thanksgiving Day to help provide food for individuals and families in the Wallace area. The 2nd Annual Wallace Food Bank Turkey Trot takes place Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. on a weather-protected route under the freeway across
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One of the coolest, family-friendly mountain town festivals in the Northwest, the Wallace Huckleberry Festival offers a wide range of activities in celebration of the venerable huckleberry! The festival includes something for just about everyone, with live music, food and other vendors, kids huckleberry contests, a magic show, a 5k fun run, a huckleberry pancake
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The Wallace Huckleberry Festival is an annual tradition in Idaho’s Silver Valley that combines a 5k race, food and craft vendors, live music, kids’ activities and huckleberries all in one of the coolest historic towns in the Northwest! The festival makes a great adventure/culture combo day trip or weekend getaway from Spokane or just about
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Everyone knows at least one thing about Wallace, Idaho: that’s where Dante’s Peak was filmed; it’s located at the Center of the Universe; and during the Great Fire of 1910, Ed Pulaski saved nearly all his men after ordering them into an abandoned mineshaft to wait out the fire. While local Wallace folks remain deeply
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A weekend, fall road trip to the historic mining town of Wallace, Idaho, offers adventures for cyclists, hikers, and history buffs.
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The Wallace Huckleberry Festival brings together so many things we love: a 5k race, food and craft vendors, live music, kids’ activities and huckleberries all in one of the coolest historic towns in the Northwest! Wallace Huckleberry Festival 5K Fun Run 2022 The race starts in the center of the universe in downtown Wallace at
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Photo Credit: Idaho Tourism The spring months are a special time to visit the Silver Valley and Wallace, Idaho, with a bike or quiver of bikes in tow. Crowds are unheard of this time of year, and there are a variety of ride types with varying distances, trail and road surfaces, and elevation gain to
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History-themed festival returns to Wallace and will include tours of museums and historic homes live theater re-enactments, and more.
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At the time of this writing, the Inland Northwest is facing extreme drought conditions. Extreme heat, early season burn bans, and numerous small wildfires throughout the region were an ominous kickoff to summer. Hopefully by the time late summer arrives we will be able to avoid catastrophic wildfire, but here’s a hike suggestion for contemplating
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