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 …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
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 …
Trail Dispatches: Sherwood Forest to Pine Street Woods
By Regan Plumb
Reader Contributor
If you are a Sandpoint area dog walker, trail runner, woods walker, mountain biker or all of the above, you are likely acquainted with Sherwood …
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TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
