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Sarah Shaffer
Executive Director
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.

Icicle Ridge-Difficult Option

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Attractions: An easily accessed hike right out the backdoor of Leavenworth with excellent views down on the Wenatchee River, Icicle Creek, and (as you get higher)  the Tumwater Canyon. This is a particularly pretty hike in spring when the flowers are... Read More...

Icicle Creek Trail

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Icicle Creek Trail Lori Nitchals and the Wenatchee 55+ Weekday Hiking group Attractions: This is an easy family- and pup-friendly day hike or overnight backpacking trip through old-growth forest. Given the shade and the proximity to Icicle Creek, consider taking... Read More...

Horan Natural Area

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Attractions. The Horan Natural Area is a tranquil wild area at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers that is only a stone’s throw from the warehouses and train tracks of Wenatchee. If you’re harried and time crunched before... Read More...

Enchantment Lakes Traverse

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Enchantment Lakes Traverse by Andy Dappen If a book titled The 100 Best Hikes in North America were to be written, the Enchantment Lakes Traverse would be the choice put forth to represent Central Washington. The hike is physically challenging... Read More...

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

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By Shelly Forster When I enlisted for the year with WenatcheeOutdoors, my head filled with exhilarating images of live-from-the-field reports about grueling 70-mile hikes, scaling monolithic crags, and paddling bone-crushing torrents through jagged canyons. What a shocker when I learned... Read More...

Colchuck Lake

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Many consider Colchuck Lake to be the prettiest alpine lake in the region. Obviously this is a subjective and debatable call, but anyone who isn’t wowed by this lake with its turquoise water and its neighboring rock walls should have... Read More...

Chiwaukum Creek

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Many hiking and running options (long and short, easy and hard) are available from this trail. This entry describes day trips up to about 11 miles in length (roundtrip) to the Larch Lake cut-off. Our link (below) touches upon longer hikes up... Read More...

Cady Ridge-Cady Creek Loop

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Glacier Peak peaking through a hole in the clouds. Words and photos by Carolyn Griffin-Bugert This was a fun hike to take in mid-September, as we crossed paths (literally!) with several groups of Pacific Crest Trail through-hikers.  It was fun... Read More...

Blythe Lake

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Photo: Dead camera on the hike? You don’t say. Luckily Paul N. Robertson has posted some great photos like the one above at alltrails.com As any entertainer worth his salt knows, timing can tip an act’s reception from adoring cries... Read More...

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