OUTDOORS PROGRAMS – Outdoors-related free programs of note this week include:

Indomitable Hellcat – program on Rosalie Edge and the Founding of Hawk Mountain Raptor Sanctuary for Coeur d’Alene Audubon Society, 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 Ramsey Rd.

Riverside State Park: Spokane’s Backyard Jewel, by local birder Kim Thorburn for the Spokane Audubon Society, 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Riverview Retirement Community Building, 2117 E. North Crescent Ave.

Find Your Park: Mount Spokane -- an introduction to recreation at the most diverse four-season state park in Washington, 7 p.m., Thursday, at REI, 1125 N. Monroe St.

Snowshoeing Basics – Sign-up for 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. sessions set for Wednesday at REI.

Heads up: Registration for a Pacific Crest Trail Basics hiking program set for last week filled so fast that REI scheduled another program on Feb. 24.

You snooze you lose. The teacher for the PCT class is a “Triple Crowner” who’s hiked the Pacific Crest, Continental Divide and Appalachian Trails. “This guy KNOWS about long-distance hiking,” says Carol Christensen, REI outreach specialist. 

Preregister for REI programs at rei.com/stores/spokane.