By Jason Welker Reader Contributor There’s something happening in those hills on the edge of town. If you’ve been on a walk in the Syringa Trail Network or above the roundabout on Schweitzer Mountain...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor The dog days of summer have arrived and with them come the perpetual joys and challenges of socializing and training our beloved pets so they can coexist easily with...
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 steep turns with great...
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 Forest and Pine Street...
By Dr. Elizabeth Wargo Reader Contributor Sandpoint may be an aspiring trail town, but it has long been a place that values local educational opportunities that get youth into the outdoors. Scroll through Sandpoint...
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor A trail is more than a place to ride a bike, walk your dog or exercise your horse. A trail is a community asset; it is part of the...
By Deb Ruehle Reader Contributor “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau ...
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 surface. Conservation is just...
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor Crooked Tree, Butterfly, Frog and Pinecone: To anyone who has had the opportunity to explore Pine Street Woods since its grand opening last month, these words all have something...
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor I had seen Scott Bourassa’s posts on the Bike Bonners Ferry and Ride 7B Facebook groups for months. Each Monday a ride description is posted to the different North...
