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Cheap snowshoe rentals Saturday at Mountain Gear

With the Cabinet Mountains in the background, Todd Dunfield of Spokane treks toward the Ross Creek Cedars in northwestern Montana during a snowshoeing trip with the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. (Rich Landers)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
With the Cabinet Mountains in the background, Todd Dunfield of Spokane treks toward the Ross Creek Cedars in northwestern Montana during a snowshoeing trip with the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. (Rich Landers)
With the Cabinet Mountains in the background, Todd Dunfield of Spokane treks toward the Ross Creek Cedars in northwestern Montana during a snowshoeing trip with the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. (Rich Landers)

WINTER SPORTS — To heck with shopping: Saturday is prime time for a cheap snowshoeing date. Introduce somebody new to the sport.

Mountain Gear is offering $5 snowshoe rentals Saturday (Dec. 22) at the retail store, 2002 N. Division.

Rent a pair of new Atlas 10 Series snowshoes for 24 hours for less than it costs to buy a burger. First come first served starting at 10 a.m.

Coming up:

Jan. 20: $5 cross-country ski rentals for 24 hours.

Jan 26: $5 snowshoe rentals for 24 hours.

Info: 325-9000.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog