<![CDATA[INLANDER - The pacific northwest - Winter Sports 2010]]> http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-91-1-winter-sports-2010.html <![CDATA[Beginner's Pluck]]> If you’re like me (lazy), your friends have constantly hounded you about getting “up on the mountain” and really “letting ’er rip.” Strapping myself to some wood an]]> <![CDATA[The Mountain Report]]> Whitefish Mountain Resort Maybe you’ve mastered the slopes at the local resorts years ago. Or maybe you just really like driving to Montana. Whatever the reason, Whitefish Mountain Resort coul]]> <![CDATA[Calvin and Hobbesian Choices]]> Weather forecasters are predicting epic snow this winter — possibly of the kind and amount we saw two years ago. That’s good news for skiers, snowboarders and others who flock to the mount]]> <![CDATA[The Powder Diaries]]> If it’s not fun, I’m not doing it. That’s the motto of Canadian Kim Sedrovic. Or, as his kids call him, “Mr. Fun.”Sedrovic and his wife are the owners of Fernie Wildernes]]> <![CDATA[Winter on the Rocks]]> We’re nearing that season when local news stations lug their “Snowpocalypse” graphics from out of cold storage. Alas, TV binging is only enthralling for so long, meaning you’re]]> <![CDATA[Wild Horses Can Drag Him]]> It’s a lunatic sport, really. It’s waterskiing on land. It’s rodeo on ice. It’s the classic 6-year-old’s scheme to have his dog tow him on his cross-country skis, but wit]]> <![CDATA[The Shoe Fits]]> Snowshoeing is a futuristic act of the past. You see, thousands of years ago, humans were strapping some impossible contraptions to their feet to walk upon the snow, slowly trudging out into the wilde]]>