Sarah is fortunate to have her dream job as the Executive Director for Wenatchee Outdoors. Her interests include people, nature, wildlife and getting her sweat on outside.
Alpine rock climbing, mountain biking and skate skiing are her outdoor passions. Sarah enjoys gardening, baking and home remodel projects. She is the mother of one, which keeps her busy and happy on a daily basis.
Activities she would like to pursue that would be new to her are kayaking and backcountry skiing.
by Sarah Shaffer It is that time of the year again, spring time in Wenatchee. Shorts and t-shirt weather is just about here. The trails have wildflowers again and the rattlesnakes, bull snakes and rubber boa snakes are coming out...Read More...
When it comes to invasive weeds, which is the worst of the worst? If the FBI, for example, had a ‘Most Wanted’ weed poster hanging in the Cashmere post office, which noxious weed would be their Number 1 Most Wanted?...Read More...
Nick on the Rocks is a show on PBS with the star being a geologist named Nick who works at Central Washington University. Nick explains the geologic history of our region to help us understand the area we recreate at...Read More...
Editors Note: This article was written by Brian Patterson, Chelan Basin Conservancy President to discuss the latest preservation efforts of Chelan Butte located above Lake Chelan. The Chelan Basin Conservancy (CBC) continues their efforts to preserve the Chelan Butte on...Read More...
Charles Hickenbottom has served for 25 years on our local bicycle advisory boards and committees. He recently wrote an article on the importance of Yakima Street in Wenatchee to cyclists. Charles is an avid reader, author of the Greater Wenatchee...Read More...
By Andrea Bixby-Brosi & Glade Brosi Trail Description: The trial starts next to the restroom and follows the Columbia River downstream before ending after about half a mile. There are numerous small side trails and plenty of areas to explore....Read More...
by Sarah Shaffer Last weekend I took a jaunt to Ancient Lakes with my family. Meandering along the Ancient Lakes Trail, I was surprised and entranced to see many blooming splotches of color. After a long, colorless winter, the sprouting...Read More...
By Ray Birks This is part two of the story on beginning bikepacking. Part one can be found here. In this section, I had a captive audience with Marlin Peterson as we drove east to Spokane. I had some scripted...Read More...
Hiking the Ginkgo Petrified Forest by WenOut Staff Passing by the little desert town of Vantage on the I-90 might not provoke many questions in the minds of the car-laden besides perhaps “Who possibly lives here in this sleepy town?”...Read More...
Plain Valley Nordic Team Returns from Frigid Alaskan Races with a National Champion by Isabel Menna Every March, the future of American cross-country ski racing gathers to determine who among them are the very best. Individual female and male title...Read More...