‘Everyone’s welcome but cats’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Dogs of North Idaho: It’s your time to shine.
The Eichardt’s K-9 Keg Pull returns Sunday, Feb. 23 as the final event in Sandpoint’s annual …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Sandpoint Winter Carnival: Week 2 events
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The annual Winter Carnival spans from Feb. 14-23, featuring a bevy of events, including everything from parades to parties.
Here’s an edited schedule of events …
Bringing sustainability to the slopes
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nearly two decades ago, David Rogers began designing and building bamboo fly rods. Though his interest in fly fishing played a part in the venture, …
A new arbor for the arboretum
By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor
When members of the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society asked local builder Collin Beggs if he would build something to replace an aging arbor at the …
Trail Dispatches: Winter is trail planning season
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
If you like to skin out of Schweitzer’s bounds, chances are you’re familiar with “Solar Ecstasy,” a south-facing slope off Uleda Ridge that offers some …
Fat biking in North Idaho
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Chances are you’ve seen someone biking around town or on snowy trails with a fat-tire bicycle. If you’ve ever wondered what they are all about …
Let’s hear it for the (winter) birds
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Is there any more pleasant sight than flocks of migrating birds taking wing and flying overhead in magnificent V-shaped formations, bound for their wintertime southern …
Three nights of mountain bliss
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s time once again for all outdoor enthusiasts to gather at the altar of winter sport to herald in another year of movies from the …
KLT and SNC opens new outdoor rec center at PSW
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s been a stellar first year for Pine Street Woods, the 180-acre gift to the community from Kaniksu Land Trust. Featuring year-round trails through rolling …
Christmas Bird Count, 120 years in the making
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Prior to the turn of the 20thcentury, a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt” was popular among hunters. Participants would choose sides and …
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Community Calendars
This week in Sandpoint: Week #2 of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival is packed with more fun events, including the Weird and Wonderful Beerfest and Bar Crawl, plus the fun-to-watch K-9 Keg Pull. See all events happening this week, Feb. 17-23:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Enter the Sandpoint in Pictures Winter Photo Contest! Post your best winter snapshot in the Sandpoint Winter Photo Contest for a chance at hometown fame, plus a $20 gift certificate to MickDuff’s and a copy of the scenic coffee table book ‘Selkirks Spectacular.’ How to enter? Easy – just post your photo and vote daily at SandpointPictures.com»
