The trail led gently upward, through thick-trunked cottonwood, an aspen grove, then into an open meadow. Only the huff of breaths and the rhythmic hiss of gliding skis broke the winter quiet. At one ...

A budding young family from Alaska has relocated in Washington to maintain a system of ski-in and bike-in cabins in the Methow Valley. The remote rustic accommodations are wildly popular, despite the ...

Eastern Washington has the region's best cross-country ski centers _ hands down. The ski trail system in the Methow Valley, on the east side of the north Cascades, is world class. Besides having 150 ...

More than a century after the United States government took most of their land, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state are getting small chunks of it back. The ...

Driving the wide sweeping curve below Liberty Bell, just past Washington Pass on Highway 20, I always fairly salivate as I begin the free-fall descent into the Methow Valley. The mountain biking. The ...

It doesn’t garner the attention like Seattle, Mount St. Helens or the San Juan Islands has, but Washington’s Methow Valley is a traveler’s gem tucked away in the North Cascades about as far away from ...

Cross-country skiers have kicked and glided along the Methow Valley’s snowy hills for generations. “This is what people picture when they picture the Methow, right? You can see all the low hills and ...

Before the snow arrives, outdoor enthusiasts might find their way to the Methow Valley’s spectacular scenery—a mix of graceful dales, mellow ridges and brilliant sunshine. Well known for cross-country ...

Oct. 18—It's been a busy week for Lance Rider. Rider owns The Outdoorsman, a store in Winthrop, Washington, and he's had a lot of customers this week buying flies and other essentials for steelhead ...