Rec 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

Sign up: Spokane Dawgs 14-U girls select fastpitch softball team 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 starting 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.

Sign up: Spokane South Juniors League is looking for 13- and 14-year-old players in the Ferris and Lewis and Clark attendance areas. Season begins May 29 and runs through July 8. Registration deadline March 1. Cost: $120. Info: www.spokanesouthlittleleague.org or call 688-BALL.

Climbing

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

Basketball

Sign up: Spokane spring league begins March 2. Games will be played Friday evenings. Cost: $490 per team or $90 per individual. Info: www.spokanebasketball.com or call 487-3644.

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 Feb. 28. Cost: $170 per team. Info: 477-4730.

Dodgeball

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

Running/Walking

March 1: Train for Bloomsday with Moms in Motion. Info: www.momsinmotion.com or attend orientation at REI, at 6 p.m. Feb. 22.

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.

March 11: Twenty-sixth annual St. Paddy’s Five, 10 a.m. at Spokane Community College. Cost: $10 if registered by March 1. Info: 624-4297.

Skiing/Snowboarding

March 3: Bounder Paws and Poles Race, 11 a.m. at 49 Degrees North. This event consists of your choice of a 5K cross-country ski race with your dog or a 3K snowshoe race with your dog. Registrations available at Mountain Gear, Spokanimal or Audubon Veterinary Clinic. Info: 625-6200.

Swimming

March 17: Swim clinic for drills and stroke technique at the Shadle Park High School pool. Cost: $40 for 30 minutes. Info: Kirsten DeHart, 327-9143.

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 Feb. 21. Info: 477-4730.