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Rewards aplenty in Glacier Peak Wilderness

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Holly Weiler was blunt in the Spokane Mountaineers calendar item about the August trip she was leading through the Glacier Peak Wilderness: “We’re hiking...

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Leftover big-game, turkey licenses available There are still approximately 20,000 leftover big-game and turkey licenses available, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said this week. ...

The gravel grinder movement

Cyclists roughing it off the beaten path

Lots of coho fishing action on Columbia River

ILWACO, Wash. (AP) – Deckhand Donald Pitts stood at the stern of the Coho King charter boat with his hands dangling at his sides looking a bit like a gunslinger. From his vantage ...

Hiking and learning on Civil War battlefields

FREDERICK, Md. – About 150 years after the “Battle that Saved Washington,” journalist and Civil War buff Keith White leads a dozen friends on a tour of the farmland south of here where Union...

Backcountry Horsemen improve Big Lick Trail

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen, in collaboration with members of a U.S. Forest Service trail crew, recently worked on improving a popular section of trail near where the Big Lick Tra...

Carrying a tent? Toss it

Ultralight hikers strip down

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Nature Studies announces programs Durango Nature Studies will host these programs: An Animal Signs Workshop will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at th...

A personal challenge

Woodland Park resident overcomes disability on trek

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Steep terrain workshop for guides, patrollers Silverton Mountain will host a training steep terrain workshop for ski and snowboard guides and patrollers Jan. 24 to 26. ...

Elk could recover from disease

Elk may ultimately not be as susceptible to chronic wasting disease as researchers previously thought, according to a decade-long study published recently. Some elk carry a gene t...

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Seniors Outdoors! announces events Seniors Outdoors! will host these events: There will be a hard hike today in the Blair Gulch-Spencer Basin area. Peak options includ...