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Mount Spokane [elevation 5,887 feet (1,794 m)]—previously known as Mount Baldy until 1912 [3] due to its pronounced bald spot—is a mountain in the northwest United States, located northeast of Spokane, Washington. Its summit is the highest point in Spokane County, [2] and it is one of the tallest peaks in the Inland Northwest.
Mount Spokane State Park is a public recreation area in the northwest United States, [2] located in the Selkirk Mountains, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of the city of Spokane, Washington. The state park surrounds 5,883-foot (1,793 m) Mount Spokane and other peaks including Mount Kit Carson , [ 3 ] Beauty Mountain, [ 4 ] and Quartz Mountain.
Additional land at Mount Spokane was obtained due to the efforts of Cheney Cowles (1908–1943), whose father ran the Cowles Publishing Company. [2] Cowles was the managing editor of the Spokane Daily Chronicle and was an original member of the Spokane Ski Club; he was killed in military plane crash in Alabama during World War II. [3] [4]
Michael Wright, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. December 20, 2023 at 7:03 PM Washington State Parks has purchased the Bear Creek Lodge property on the edge of the state park's border along ...
The Spokane area saw one-half to three-quarters of an inch of rain from 2 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Wednesday saw nearly two-thirds of an inch in total, according to the National Weather Service.
Nancy Westbrook is a Nordic ski patroller at Mount Spokane. On Sunday, she was in the Selkirk Lodge just off state Route 206, watching Winterfest attendees come in and out, drenched from head to ...
49 Degrees North Ski Area is a ski resort in the northwestern United States, located inside Colville National Forest in Stevens County, Washington, ten miles (16 km) east of Chewelah, which is 42 miles (68 km) north of Spokane.
To determine what those changes could be, Washington State Parks is seeking community input on the master plan that will guide the next 20 years of trail building, land use decisions, conservation ...