Gearing Up On A Budget For Winter Sports
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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Pedaling Public Land
My wife, Lynn, and I moved to Spokane in 2012. Having emptied the moving truck the previous night, I went on a morning constitutional on the longboard around Browne’s Addition to take a closer look at the neighborhood where we had landed. I discovered a trailhead leading down to Latah Creek—a discovery that set the process of
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4 Carless Adventures
By Ingrid Hannan Who says you need to own a car to go on an adventure? Sure, it’s harder to get to national parks and wide swaths of wilderness on your own without one. As someone living in an urban area, I regularly feel an urge to be somewhere more natural, wilder, and more beautiful. And yet, if I wait
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5 Great Spots for Hiking & Training
By Jill Wagner Little Spokane River Natural Area (North Spokane): A couple of different trailheads offer hilly and not-as-hilly options. Kit Carson Loop (Mt. Spokane State Park): Different distances can be managed by traversing just sections of the loop or taking side trails that eventually come back into the loop (bring snowshoes for early spring
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Way Out There: Extreme Enlightenment
For most of us, modern life doesn’t afford the same hardships it used to. Instead of toil and pain, we face anxiety, depression, and addiction—the ills of a distracted, disconnected, overly stimulated population. Sometimes the antidote to these maladies is choosing the right hardship, such as Vipassana meditation.
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Ski Artifacts: The Rope Tow
Nearly 90 years ago the first rope tows were installed on slopes across the snowy places of the U.S. In 1937, the first rope tows in the West chugged into action at Snoqualmie Summit, Mount Rainier, and Mount Baker.
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Ski Lessons for Grandma
By Tabitha Gregory I am learning to downhill ski in my sixth decade of life. Over the years, I’ve made a number of failed attempts to learn. Once on Japan’s icy slopes, thrice on Alyeska Resort’s torturously steep runs, and finally in the ungroomed backcountry of Thompson Pass, Alaska. Those experiences scared me out of
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Ski Bum Advice: Man, I Wish I Could Still Do That
Clint Eastwood once said it best in one of the Dirty Harry movies: “A man’s got to know his limitations.” As I flounder through middle age, I like to think that I know mine, but as I am frequently reminded by my better half, I don’t. Evidently it’s not ok for me to free climb
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Backcountry Booty: Coldsmoke Powder Festival Weekend Pass (Hidden: 2/6/20; Found: 2/9/20)
Ready to play Out There Venture’ Backcountry Booty treasure hunt contest? Read on for our contest rules and details. Then get out there and find the booty! Backcountry Booty Prize: For this mid-winter Booty we are giving away a Full Weekend Pass to the Coldsmoke Powder Festival at Whitewater Ski Area near Nelson, B.C. February