July

Poker Paddle

Held in mid-July.  Paddle from Usk to Ione. Teams use canoes (or non motorized boats) on the Pend Oreille River, stop at designated locations, draw a card and proceed to the finish line.  The best poker hand wins. 509.447.5812

August

Traditional Salish Fair & Pow Wow
Kalispel Tribe Headquarters in Usk. Tribal dances and crafts. 509.445.1147, www.kalispeltribe.com/pow-wow

Manresa Grotto

A rock shelter that has five rows of flat stones arranged as seats facing a simple altar of mortared rock.

49° North

A skier's and snowboarder's delight!  Complete with new Nordic trails, a new Nordic parking lot, a cool new Nordic Yurt to keep you warm, new rails and boxes for our terrain park, brand new carpet in the lodge, 14 new Alpine trails in Sunrise Basin and lower Silver Ridge, Wi-Fi, a new $40 million Flowery Trail Road and a new quad. 866.376.4949, www.Ski49N.com