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 …
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 …
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 …
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
This article is mainly for Sandpoint dogsters. What is a Sandpoint dogster? It is a citizen who couldn’t imagine walking in a park or on …
By Regan Plumb
Reader Contributor
Trails may be most immediately associated with providing opportunities for fresh air and exercise, but there are more subtle factors at play just beneath the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As hunters hit the mountains this fall on their annual mission to fill their freezers, many harbored a concern that the meat they harvested might …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last Sunday, I found myself at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for the Blessing of the Hunters. I saw the event online, advertised as a …
By Ross Longhini
Reader Contributor
Nordic skiing is one of the oldest forms of locomotion across snow-covered landscapes. Historic evidence shows that Nordic skiing has been around for over 6,000 …
By Phil Hough
Reader Staff
We launched our canoe into strong head winds and waves. Forward progress was slow, so we camped early, on a muddy shore only five miles …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
When I was 10 years old, my dad and I took a 10-day adventure along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a canoe route established in northern …
By Melissa Hendrickson
Reader Columnist
Melissa here, the forecaster from the St. Regis/Silver Valley forecast area, sneaking in an article about our region down here. If you ever need a …
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