Bikepacking North Idaho’s Chilco Mountain
A beginner’s bikepacking adventure on North Idaho’s 5,600-foot Chilco Mountain near Coeur d’Alene — what gear to bring and what to expect.
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Lisa Brown: A Champion of Non-motorized Trails on the Path to Congress
Enjoyment and support of the Inland Northwest’s abundant outdoor recreation opportunities transcends party lines and politics for the most part, yet too often elected officials in places like Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District devote too little time to safeguarding the trails, natural resources, and active lifestyle that so many of us of all political stripes
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All Mountain: Northwest Bike Parks Offer Top-to-Bottom Riding
When it comes to mountain bike parks, more is more. Unlike their ski-season counterparts, where the vagaries of winter weather guarantee the mountain is never the same two days in a row, mountain bike park operators have to build in the variety—quite literally. “Our summer season pass holders have typically used their pass about double
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Bike-Friendly Eating & Drinking Spots in Spokane and North Idaho
Spokane/Valley Breweries like Badass Backyard Brewing, Millwood Brewing Company, and English Setter Brewing are often starting and ending points for bike rides around Spokane and the Valley. Manito Taphouse has both bike racks and a bike pump out front, and confesses to having “a soft spot for the cycling community.” You can also get 10%
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Colville Mountain Trails, City of Colville, Wash.
I find myself passing through Colville on my way to nearby recreational access points several times each month. It’s a great place to stop for a quick snack or a cup of coffee on my way to elsewhere, but until recently it lacked a good close-to-town soft-surface hiking or biking trail. Despite housing the headquarters
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Beacon Hill Bike Park & Pump Track Moves Forward
The extensive mountain bike trail network at Spokane’s Camp Sekani Park and Beacon Hill will soon see the addition of a professionally-designed mountain bike skills-building area and pump track, thanks to years of work on the part of volunteers with Evergreen East. The project has been in the works for over a decade, and with
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“24 Hours Round the Clock” Mountain Bike Race
Ride Riverside on May 26-27 in the 19th-annual 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race For the uninitiated, riding a mountain bike for 24 hours sounds like what you’d do in an attempt to survive the apocalypse. For the participants of the 24 Hours Round the Clock race, it’s just what they do. “Still Crazy After All
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Bikepacking Hell’s Canyon
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA), the deepest canyon in North America, plunges nearly 8,000 feet from He Devil in Idaho’s Seven Devils Range to the Snake River. Already popular as a jet boating, rafting, and backpacking paradise, it may surprise you to learn there are also miles of gated roads and abandoned ranches in
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Learn to Ride a Fat Bike
Get Out & Ride a Fatty Although I am an avid commuter and recreational cyclist, I have only ridden a fat bike once—and it wasn’t in the snow. So, my biggest question is: with all the winter sports available to us here in the Inland Northwest, why ride a fat bike when the snow flies?
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Moscow Mountain: The Making of a Mountain Bike Mecca
If you’ve ever been to Moscow, Idaho, you’ve seen it. And if you’ve lived there, you’ve probably been on it. Moscow Mountain—a long, 5,000-foot-high ridge rising from a sea of rolling hills—dominates the Palouse skyline. During the summer, mountain bikers, hikers, and equestrians enjoy over 70 miles of trail on the mountain’s flanks. In the
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