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Easy ways to experience the snow season
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t won’t boost your cardio — unless you work up a sweat reeling them off your line — but ICE FISHING definitely burns calories. The area has several lakes to explore: Fernan, Hauser, Upper and Lower Twin, the topside of Hayden Lake, Avondale, and even some of Coeur d’Alene Lake’s many bays. Find out more at Idaho Fish and Game, idfg.idaho. gov/fish/ice-fishing, or stop by Fins & Feathers at 1816 Sherman or call 208-667-9304 for guidance. If it’s solid enough to fish from, it’s probably good enough for ice skating, which you can also do at FRONTIER ICE ARENA. Bring your own skates and catch the peewee or bantam hockey action while you’re lacing up for public skate times at this popular rink run by Kootenai Youth Recreation Organization. Ask them about learn-to-skate parties, hockey, curling and even broomball. Call 208-765-4423, frontiericearena. org.
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On Jan. 20, give cross-country skiing or snowshoeing a try for free during Winter Trails Day at SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN. Pick up your free pass to access the nordic trails from Schweitzer’s Activity Center, Guest Services or the Ski and Ride Center. Guided interpretive (nature-based) hikes are scheduled throughout the day. Call 208-2553081 to reserve a space for hosted snowshoe hikes. Holler your lungs out on the way down, then hang onto the tow rope for a ride back up and another go at snow tubing down SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN’s Hermits Hollow, two, 300-foot-long lanes of fun. Call to book an hour-and-a-half block during the day ($10 to age 6, $15 ages 7+). Or fuel up on roasted marshmallows and pop on your glow necklace to go night tubing for two-and-a-half-hours ($15 to age 6, $20 ages 7+). Call 208-255-3081, schweitzer.com/play/hermits-hollow.