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• Fall adds perfect spice to Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes

  October 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Fall is my favorite time to ride the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. The crowds of cyclists tend to drop off after Labor Day, and so do the swarms of …

• Paving nearly complete on Fish Lake Trail

  October 18, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 Spokane is on the verge of having a spiffy, newly paved stretch of rail trail that eventually will run all the way to Cheney. Contractors this month are putting the … 2

• Ferry County votes on trail

  October 18, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C13 Ferry County residents will make a critical decision on Nov. 3 regarding use of a prized abandoned railway the county acquired this year: Will motorized vehicles be allowed on the …

• Heat bares ice at Mount Rainier

  September 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 CLIMBING – An unusually early-summer snowmelt created hazards on the Muir Snowfield at Mount Rainier starting in August. Exposed bare glacier ice and crevasses have complicated travel on this route …

• Riding the rail

  July 19, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Mountain bikes replace skis on car racks at Lookout Pass Ski area on summer days as a popular rail trail continues to set visitation records. The 15-mile Route of the …

• Four trail tunnels will remain closed

  July 19, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 The closure of four tunnels has taken the steam out of bicycling the rail trail through Washington’s Iron Horse State Park-John Wayne Pioneer Trail, a popular rail trail that runs …

• Ferry Trail

  June 28, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Somewhere in a land not so far away, an abandoned railroad could become the best rail trail in Washington. Or maybe the worst.

• Route of Hiawatha Trail opens Saturday

  May 28, 2009 in Outdoors The Route of the Hiawatha mountain bike trail will open for the 2009 season on Saturday.