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The new Candy Mountain Trail parking lot is 99 percent done, the trail work is finished and the Tri-Cities has a new year-round, outdoor recreation destination.
The wildflowers, wildlife, scenery and views are every bit as good as its highly popular neighbor, Badger Mountain, and getting to the top is easier – it’s not as steep or quite as long.
The Candy […]
Spokane’s Brandon Benefield posted the top overall time in the signature 100-mile race at last weekend’s Badger Mountain Challenge.
The 35-year-old crossed the finish line just after midnight Saturday, clocking in at 17 hours, 32 minutes, 46 seconds to post the third-fastest winning time in the seven years of the race.
Evgeny Sotnikov of Victoria, British Columbia, was second in 18:15:53, with […]
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Marine Cpl. Bryant Scott was dying when he arrived at a San Diego hospital in late July.
Suffering from heat stroke, the 27-year-old’s liver was shutting down and his heart stopped several times.
Doctors told the Kennewick native’s family there was a 10 percent chance for his recovery.
But eight months after waking up from a 14-day coma, Scott finished […]
Local hikers who frequent Badger Mountain might want to give popular trail system a day off on Saturday.
The seventh annual Badger Mountain Challenge is set to take over the hill this weekend, with the 50- and 100-mile races beginning Friday, and the 50-kilometer and much more popular 15-K slated for Saturday morning.
The 50- and 100-mile races start at 7 a.m. […]
Dreams of a 20-mile ridge-to-ridge trail stretching from Richland’s Amon Basin to the Yakima River have run into a hitch. (View on Tri-City Herald)
The Seattle-based limited liability corporation that owns 138 acres along the ridgeline will not grant a 20-foot pedestrian-only easement for the trail.
Benton County property records indicate Red Mountain Ridgeline LLC paid $600,000 for the property in 2008. […]
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Jim Langdon, trailmaster for the Friends of Badger organization, shares details about a new 1.75 mile hiking trail being scratched out of the ground on Candy Mountain. The organization is seeking volunteers for the anticipated one month project. -Bob Brawdy, Tri-City Herald
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