The ORC provides brochures of area ski resorts, pamphlets of suggested winter sports, winter safety tips, phone lists and contacts for winter sport areas. The weather has been cooperating this winter, therefore all ski resorts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana are open. Snow depths in snow mobile parks and state parks for snow shoeing, cross country skiing, winter camping and snowmobiling looks promising a good share of this winter. However you still have a few opportunities to do some hunting. Cougar, bobcat, raccoon, fox, rabbit and hare are open until March 15.
Bullfrogs are open wherever fishing is open.
Be sure to be licensed and check state and local regulations before you head out. Ice fishing for small perch is underway at Newman Lake just east of Spokane. Rainbow trout are being caught at Hog Canyon Lake in Spokane County. Sprague Lake is frozen near shore and open further out, creating difficult fishing conditions. Latest creel surveys in the Snake River drainage show steelhead anglers averaging about seven hours per fish caught in the Tucannon River and over eight hours per fish caught in the Touchet River.