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Outdoors blog archive for Jan. 2, 2015

FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 2015

A snowshoer's view of First Night fireworks as Spokane celebrated the beginning of 2015, as seen from Mount Spokane. (Holly Weiler)

Snowshoers didn't miss First Night fireworks

WINTERSPORTS -- Snowshoers walked into 2015 by making first tracks in Mount Spokane State Park. Holly Weiler led a group of six Spokane Mountaineers on Wednesday to celebrate New Years Eve on the summit, where they watched Spokane fireworks. The group romped in the darkness...

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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)

Clinics help snowshoers walk the walk

WINTERSPORTS -- A long list of services and events is forming this winter to help more snowshoers get on the trail. Mount Spokane Rentals Through the winter season, new snowshoe and nordic ski rental service is available at Mount Spokane State Park nordic ski area...

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Roy Wickstrom, right, calls for a target at the Spokane Gun Club last Sunday, joined by his family’s three generations of trapshooters. From left,Taylor Hughes, Matthew Hughes, Kim Knapply. Also on the line but not pictured is Charles Knapply. (Rich Landers)

The Spokesman-Review Trapshoot is winter tradition

SHOOTING -- Starting Sunday, for the 97th year, clay targets will be vaporized by shotgunners competing in The Spokesman-Review Trapshoot, an eight-week contest with open, women and youth divisions. The oldest shooting event of its kind in the country pits participants against flying clay targets…

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Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.




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