RECREATION CALENDAR

Backpacking/ Hiking/Orienteering

Feb. 17: Snowshoe class for ages 14 and older, 10 a.m. to noon at Mt. Spokane. Cost: $20 with own equipment, $27 with rental equipment. Info: 625-6200.

Feb. 24: Sherman Pass snowshoe hike for ages 15 and older, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Mt. Spokane. Cost: $29 with own equipment, $36 with rental equipment. Info: 625-6200.

March 2: Moonlight snowshoe hike for ages 18 and older, 6-9 p.m. at Mt. Spokane. Cost: $18, includes rental equipment. Info: 625-6200.

March 3: Moonlight snowshoe interpretive hike for ages 18 and older, 6-9 p.m. at 49 Degrees North. Cost: $28. Info: 625-6200.

March 3: Family snowshoe hike for ages 4 and older, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Mt. Spokane. Cost: $27 for a family, $17 for a parent and one child. Info: 625-6200.

Baseball/Softball

Feb. 12: Inland Empire Baseball Umpires Association introduction meeting. Meeting will be at Gonzaga Prep High School at 7 p.m. Info: 995-5134.

Feb. 19: Eleventh annual Eastern Washington University Eagle Baseball Clinic for players in grades 3-6, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the EWU Sports and Recreation Center. Cost: $32 if received before Feb. 16, $35 at the door. Info: Mike Campitelli, 359-7877 or mcampitelli@mail.ewu.edu.

Feb. 25: Rijo Athletics Baseball is conducting its sixth annual coaches clinic at 5 p.m. at the Rijo Athletics Baseball facilities in Woodinville, Wash. Info: 425-486-4878 or visit www.rijoathleticsbaseball.com.

Sign up: Spokane Dawgs 14-U girls select fastpitch softball team is looking for players who have turned 14, or will turn 13, 14 or 15 this year. Info: Ruth Perkins, (208) 640-6130 after 5 p.m.

Sign up: Spokane Pony Baseball is looking for umpires for the upcoming season that starts in early April. Training and some equipment is provided. Classes run weekly through March. Info: Gary Broadbent, 216-9456 or the Pony office, 483-4653.

Basketball

Sign up: Spokane County Parks’ March Madness 5-on-5 men’s tournament. Games are played Monday through Thursday beginning the week of March 12. Registration deadline is Feb. 28. Cost: $170 per team. Info: 477-4730.

Sign up: Spokane Basketball Men’s league starting Feb. 11. Cost: $490 per team (up to 10 players), $90 for individual and $72 for returning individuals. Info: 487-3644 or visit www.spokanebasketball.com.

Bowling

Feb. 19: Spokesman-Review Bowl for Literacy Fundraiser, 2-5 p.m. at Lilac Lanes. Cost: $100 per team or $30 per individual. Info: 533-4634.

Climbing

Feb. 10: Introduction to rock climbing for ages 5 and older, 10 a.m. to noon at Wild Walls. Cost: $40 for two, $15 for each additional child. Info: 625-6200.

Feb. 21: Climbing technique class for ages 16 and older, 6-8 p.m. at Wild Walls. Class also available Feb. 28, and March 7 and 14. Cost: $45. Info: 625-6200.

Dodgeball

Sign up: St. Paddy’s Day Smash adult coed 6-on-6 tournament. Games will be played March 9. Registration deadline is Feb. 22. Cost: $60 per team. Info: 477-4730.

Outdoors

Feb. 10: Snowshoe class for ages 14 and older presented by Spokane Parks and Recreation, 1-3 p.m. at Mt. Spokane. Class also available 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 11. Cost: $20 with own equipment, $27 with rental equipment. Info: 625-6200.

Feb. 17: Seventh annual Snowmobile Poker Run sponsored by the Selkirk Trailblazers. Sign up from 8-11 a.m. at the Pau Pac Trail off Sullivan Rd. in Ione. There will be cash prizes. Info: Keith and Paula Saxe, 442-3375; John and Jamie Stark, 445-5023; or Larry and Kay Smith, 442-4386.

Feb. 24: Sherman Pass Snowshoe Hike, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Mt. Spokane. Cost: $29 with own equipment, $36 with rental equipment. Info: 625-6200 or visit www.spokaneparks.org.

Running/Walking

March 3: Twenty-eighth annual Snake River Canyon Half Marathon, 10 a.m. at the Wawawai Landing on the Snake River. Cost: $22 with T-shirt, $15 without. Register by Feb. 22. Info: (208) 301-2065.

March 3: Seventeenth annual Leprechaun Scurry, 9 a.m. at North Idaho College. Cost: $15 with T-shirt, $8 without. Register by Feb. 19. Info: (208) 661-2401.

Sign up: Y-training for Bloomsday, 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 20-May 3, at the downtown Spokane YMCA, 507 N. Howard. Cost: Y-members $21, non-members $42. Info: Vicki Marsh, 838-3577 ext. 158.

Skiing/Snowboarding

Feb. 17: Cross-country ski trip to Mt. Spokane presented by the Spokane Bicycle Club. Meet at Rocket Bakery on Argonne. Info: event leader Steve Sauser, 922-7249.

Feb. 19: The YMCA invites teenagers to go skiing and snowboarding at Silver Mountain. Transportation will be provided by the YMCA. Info: Herb Hylton, 838-3577, ext. 141.

Soccer

Sign up: Valley Youth Soccer League’s indoor training and games, every Saturday from Feb. 10 through March 31 at Valley Christian School. Cost: $65 after Feb. 7. Info: Tony Dinaro, 475-5260.

Volleyball

Sign up: Spokane County Parks and Recreation spring coed league. League begins March 2. Cost: $260 for a team of eight players. Registration deadline is Feb. 21. Info: 477-4730.