4:28 pm
Congratulations to Wade, Stephanie, and Mary who each won our Crumpler bag giveaway. If you would like to sign up to be notified of future gear giveways just send an email to editor(at)outtheremonthly.com with the word “Giveaway” in the subject line.
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5:47 pm
Photo by Jeff Ferguson
Idaho Governor Butch Otter hopes you are. The Spokesman Review has a nice piece on the push to tax non-motorized boat owners.
Is it just plain fairness, or are Idaho politicians trying to grab money from non-motorized boat owners (a group they think is too politically weak to fight back?) to pay for services and infrastructure non-motorized folks don’t actually use?
The folks over at KayakIdaho.com have started a petition against the tax.
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4:26 pm
Our friends over at Wend Magazine report that sustainable outdoor clothing company Nau will be acquired and relaunched. Nau was a maverick experiment in green outdoor apparel that went under earlier this year. You can read the story about the Nau purchase here.
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6:38 pm
This weekend the bodies of three snowboarders who were killed in an avalanche in the Cascades in December were finally recovered. How can you help prevent more avalanche deaths in the future? See below:
The Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center is collaborating with NWAC to upgrade the website (http://nwac.us) for NWAC forecasts and data, and would like your input for this process! As part of the effort to better serve winter recreationists, collaborators, and other users, The Friends are undertaking a complete overhaul of this important resource to make it more user friendly and graphical, and provide better service to all. If you consult the NWAC mountain weather and avalanche forecasts or rely on the regional telemetry data to plan your trips, your input is critical.
PLEASE take a few minutes to log onto Survey Monkey and complete this user survey:
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wMDEt4TP0vNkeFPmyKWJKA_3d_3d//)
Please forward this email to others that you feel may benefit from the NWAC website.
Your input is extremely important in this development. Thanks for your help.
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4:16 pm
That’s how cold the water is expected to be for the swimming portion of the Ford IronMan Coeur d’Alene this weekend. The Spokesman Review had an interesting article about the water temp here that ran yesterday (don’t know if the link will work). The lower temperature is from the intense mountain run-off this year. According to the piece the water temperature last year was 62 degrees and 50 people still had to be pulled from the water. Lifeguards are expecting more competitors will bail from the water this year.
To all Iron-folks reading this: good luck! If you can finish this water this year you are extra-hardcore.
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5:20 pm
The online edition of the cool Pittsburgh bike magazine Dirt Rag has a real interesting piece on the specter of surburban slums developing as energy costs increase.
4:53 pm
Pontoon Boat on the Spokane River. // Photo Jeff Ferguson.
This just in from the Northwest Whitewater Association:
With river levels coming down (24,300 at of 6-16) we plan to resume Friday floats. It’s still BIG and full of hydraulics so you need to have good boating skills. Make sure you have at least wet suits.
If you plan to attend please send me an e-mail to: riverrunner@qwestoffice.net or call Paul at 220-8018 by Thurs. at 5 p.m. By not contacting in advance you risk the chance of launch locations, etc. being changed.
Friday night floats take place on the Spokane River.
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5:10 pm
I think Crosswalk needs a new bike rack. I took this photo Friday outside the agency’s building on 2nd and Howard in downtown Spokane. Crosswalk is a Volunteers of America project that provides services for homeless youth. Said youth have many bicycles. Maybe someone could help them out with a new rack?
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5:31 pm
Both of these Mountain Gear events have a new location this year: Nine-Mile Recreation Area in Riverside State Park. The festivities start with Paddle Fair on Saturday and then Canoe Classic on Sunday. Don’t miss it. The weather is looking great.
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5:37 pm
Last night I saw bright white cloud being sucked west over the south hill against the dark blue eastern sky. To the west the horizon was on fire with an orange so bright it spread so high you could see it directly above downtown. At one moment, around 8:15, there was a bright rainbow east of downtown. Twenty five minutes later it was raining so hard that my windsheild wipers couldn’t keep up and I had to drive well below the speed limit.
Just a reminder of how fast the weather can turn this time of year, a crucial thing to remember if you are recreating outdoors. On Tuesday a hiking was killed in freak snowstorm on Mt. Ranier, according to this story in the Seattle Times.
Two other links to check out:
- MetroSpokane reports on “desire paths”
- Cycling Spokane lists some cool rides coming up
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