Hiking Areas You don’t have to go far to find great hiking spots in Spokane. Dishman Hills and Riverside State Park both have miles of beautiful hiking trails. Or check out the Liberty Lake Loop Trail, Mt. Spokane State Park, Rimrock Canyon, or Iller Creek. Or, if you’re looking for something at a slower pace, […]
New Spokane-Area Program Launched for Middle and High School Kids Mountain biking is fun. It promotes a healthy lifestyle. It’s a sport you can do your entire life. So doesn’t it make sense to start when you’re young so you can enjoy the fun for years? Now is an excellent time to get your middle
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Looking for your next fall run? The 7th annual 5K/10K trail run through the Camp Sekani/Beacon Hill area above the Spokane River is back. The event also includes a free kid’s 1K with the participation of a registered adult. The run is an adventure run/hike/walk race with 100% dirt trails and a fabulous course that
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Last season I had conquered the rock rolls and jump lines at Beacon Hill, memorized every rock and root section at Mt. Spokane and ridden myself into boredom at the other local Spokane riding areas. For the trails in my immediate surroundings, I had reached a peak. I wanted a new challenge that would test
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The Inland Northwest is home to many fun and unique festivals. Here we’ve highlighted a few interesting festivals celebrating everything from huckleberries and community heritage to original music, beer and wine and the outdoors. While this is certainly not an exhaustive list, it’s a great sampling of the diversity of our Inland Northwest communities and
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Have you always wanted to try stand up paddleboarding, rock climbing, kayaking or geo-caching? How about SUP yoga, disc golf, rafting, slacklining or demoing the latest mountain and road bikes? Or is hanging out in a pine-shaded beer garden watching mountain bikers flying through the air at the Spokatopia Mountain Bike Jump Jam and listening
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Race to the Top of Beacon Hill! 5K 1,000 Feet Up As fast as you can… The first annual Up Chuck Challenge trail run starts at Camp Sekani Park on the Up Chuck Trail for a fun, winding, nearly all singletrack hill climb to the top of Beacon Hill. The 5k course gains nearly 1,000
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Start your Hubapalooza race weekend with the Evergreen East Mountain Bike Alliance’s Spring Kickoff Party, a fundraiser on March 27 from 6-9 p.m. at the Rocket Market on Spokane’s South Hill (726 E. 43rd). The event will offer a beer garden featuring local breweries such as Orlison, No-Li, 12 String, River City and Northern Ales.
Once you get into a new sport like mountain biking, you naturally start browsing around for some of the best of what’s out there. You begin dreaming of these amazing trails you see in magazines and videos. In 2003, I was a young rider who had just bought my first serious mountain bike, and I
New Trails and Old Classics in Nelson, B.C. Read More »
I use to make a list of outdoor trips I wanted to do each year. Sometime in the middle of winter, my vitamin D deficient brain would drive me to my computer to type up a dream list of outdoor adventure objectives for the coming season. A section from a list I made in 2007
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