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NW Trails: Spring Wildflower Hikes
It’s looking like it’s going to be yet another hiking season of heavy snow packs in the Cascades. What’s an alpine wildflower-appreciating hiker to do?
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Outdoor Bags:
Review and Pinterest Contest!
Repin It to Win It Outdoor recreation requires stuff. This also means you need to carry your stuff, which means in bags. We solicited outdoor gear bags from manufacturers in all aspects of the outdoor industry and selected these 10 as our top choices for toting your goods around. Read our reviews — then [...]
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Outdoors NW Pick Up Point of the Month: Pearl Izumi, Woodburn, Ore.
Our Pickup Point of the Week is the Woodburn, Ore. Pearl Izumi store, home of great gear and a hard-core cycling staff. We talked with Keith, who is not only awesome at customer service, he’s a fun guy. Stop by and say hi, and don’t forget to pick up your copy of Northwest Cyclist.
WIN 4 Nights on the shores of South Lake Tahoe!
Enter to WIN a four-night stay in an Aston Lakeland Village Deluxe Studio, valued at $1,300!
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Bicycle Commuting
The Northwest is full of cycling commuters using trail systems and roadways to get to work. With the economy still struggling to bounce back and prices at the pump creeping upward . . .
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Web Exclusive: Canyoneering Video
People have been exploring canyons across the world for thousands of years. Many ancient tribes lived and used deep canyon and cliff ecosystems for protection and sustenance
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Get 10% off at Unleash the Beast!
The third annual NW Adventure Sports Festival June 9-10 in Port Gamble, Wash. will include mountain biking, trail running, kayaking, standup paddle boarding, scavenger hunts, a fun run and races for beginners to serious racers.
Escapes: Tokeland, Wash.
Once upon a time, the oceanside town of Tokeland bustled with activity. In the late 1800s, this serene area on the north end of Willapa Bay on the southwestern coast of Washington throbbed with business from the oyster and lumber trades. Guests arrived in droves
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Weekender: Seaside, Ore.
If you are looking for a weekend getaway, consider hiking Tillamook Head from Cannon Beach to Seaside, Oregon. It is an easy to strenuous 6-mile walk across the headland that juts into the Pacific Ocean.
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Escapes: Long Beach, Wash.
The Discovery Trail on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula crosses a broad Pacific beach, grassy dunes, seaside forests and postcard-ready ocean bluffs.
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