Today’s Wandermere Golf Course, located in the Little Spokane River Valley north of Spokane, is perhaps best known for, well, golf. The property has an interesting history, however, thanks to the Ross family of Spokane, who dreamed of creating a year-round recreational playground. In the 1930s, they decided the place wouldn’t be complete without a […]
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We cooked dinner well away from our tents, packed up all our smelly items, and—with dark setting in—we finally hung our food from the perfect branch. We crawled into our sleeping bags with our headlights and bear spray easily accessible. If you travel in bear country, you know the protocol. In grizzly bear country of
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Colville National Forest Not that the Inland Northwest has particularly tall mountains, as the Selkirk Range can’t quite measure up to Cascade standards for height, but Abercrombie Peak comes in as the second tallest mountain in eastern Washington at 7,308 feet. The nice part about moderately tall mountains is that they sometimes have trails leading
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Out There Venture is hosting its second annual early-season ski and snowboard trip to Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, British Columbia, December 13-15, 2019. The trip is an amazing deal for Out There readers, with slopeside, ski-in/ski-out rooms plus two lift tickets starting at $135 USD per night. Only 4.5 hours north of Spokane near Kelowna, Big
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Have you heard about BC’s Big White and always wanted to check it out? Join Out There Venture for an early-season trip to Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, British Columbia, December 13-15. Slope-side lodging and lift tickets for two start at the amazing low price of $135 USD! Only 4.5 hours north of Spokane
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The Fernie Half Marathon/3 Person Relay is a 21 km run, in addition to offering the popular Fernie 10K Run/Walk through the extensive trail system in Fernie, B.C. Canada,
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Our plan had been to fly into a chain of rugged and remote lakes in the Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park and traverse it by inflatable stand up paddleboard. However, British Columbia was facing the worst fire season it had ever seen, and the park had been closed most of the summer due to nearby fires.
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Rapidly shrinking glaciers in Montana’s Glacier National Park alarm scientists and visitors to the mountainous 1.013 million-acre park along the Alberta border. In the past half century, more than half of Glacier’s ice pack has disappeared. All the glaciers have retreated. To measure the impacts of a changing climate in the high country, the park
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Allison Roskelley reflects on her relationship with climber Jess Roskelley, who died in a climbing accident April 2019. Jess Fenton Roskelley, my husband and life partner for the past six years, passed away in a climbing accident on April 16 in Alberta, Canada. As the memories continue to flood my brain and push me to
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It was late fall in North Cascades National Park, and snow was already coating the high peaks. But on this particular day, the sun was shining. Temperatures were climbing into the 50s. Best of all, the hordes of summer backpackers who flock to the alpine glory of Copper Ridge were gone. The weather forecast called
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