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Getting to Spokane
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hen you’re flying in or out of Spokane International Airport, you can bet it will be more relaxing than most
airports. Even though it’s the second-busiest in the state of Washington, with three concourses and seven different airlines (including Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest and United) offering nonstop flights to 21 different destinations, you can be in and out in a flash. Everything is closer to Spokane than you might think. The direct flight time from Los Angeles is just two hours and 40 minutes; from Denver, it’s 2:40; Seattle, with multiple flights per day, is just an hour away. Other cities with direct links include Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Minneapolis, Las Vegas and Chicago. You can quick-hop to Everett, Boise or Portland. And perhaps best of all, Interstate 90 is right next door, with downtown Spokane just 10 minutes away.
he Inland Northwest is a winter paradise, with plenty of snow-
covered nature to commune with surrounding the Spokane region. But as you can see with the Snowlander Winter Map on the following pages, it’s also perfectly situated to take in even more of the most rugged landscapes anywhere on Earth. Montana and the Rockies, heading toward Seattle and the Cascades, up into Canada with the many mountain ranges there — the Kootenays, the Selkirks, the Purcells, hile weather the Canadian Rockies. Bottom line: systems on the There are mountains all around us West Coast, here — like, massive ones. Midwest and East Coast are So there’s a ton to explore, both generally filled with more near and far from your home base moisture, the interior parts in Spokane, all served by legendary of the West are drier. Less ski resorts. In Washington, you’ll find moisture in the air means 49 Degrees North and Mt. Spokane that, when it snows, you get nearby; Idaho’s got Schweitzer and more of that powdery white Silver Mountain, while up on the stuff everyone wants. While Montana border there’s Lookout California snow can have a Pass. Just over the northern 12 percent water content, border, there’s RED Mountain interior places like Eastern and Whitewater, both in British Washington and North Idaho Columbia. You can learn more about can be closer to 8 percent, all of them, and many other great according to AccuWeather. ways to spend your winter, in the That’s just science. pages of this 2021 Winter Guide.
Who Wants Powder?
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MOUNTAIN MAP
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