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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.

Colchuck Balance Rock

Guidebook
Words and pictures by John Plotz Norma Vincent Peale said, “Repetition of the same thought or action develops into a habit, which repeated enough, becomes an automatic reflex.”  I know this as true, because any inquiry into my weekend climbing plans has... Read More...

Condor Buttress-Condoraphamine Addiction

Guidebook
Summitpost.org details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Condorphamine Addiction is a high quality 7 pitch 5.10B slab climb put up by Leland Windham in the year 2000. The route follows... Read More...

Dragontail Peak-Backbone Ridge

Guidebook
Report and and photos by John Plotz From Colchuck Lake, the girth of Dragontail Peak is enough to make anyone feel small and insignificant. Studying the massive walls of this peak, a climber’s eye is immediately drawn to the twin... Read More...

Icicle Canyon-Crack du Jour

Guidebook
Ten of us from the Wednesday-Night-on-the-Rocks climbing group assembled this week at Crack du Jour to test-drive this new crag listed in the newest version of the Leavenworth Rock guidebook. The crag has a combination of one-pitch climbs on quality granite.... Read More...

Goat Wall-Prime Rib

Guidebook
Although Prime Rib, an 11-pitch rock climbing route on Goat Wall near Mazama is outside our normal territory (it’s a little over 2 hours away), we include it because its unusual qualities make it a must-do route for Central Washington... Read More...

Givler’s Dome

Guidebook
Givler’s Crack on Givler’s Dome is an Icicle classic and one of the most popular climbs around Leavenworth. It’s a beautiful hand crack with a few 5.8 moves that generally feels more like a 5.7 climb. The dome is easily... Read More...

Castle Rock-Upper Wall (West)

Guidebook
Mid- April.  It’s a time of the spring when rock climbing in the Tumwater Canyon near Leavenworth Washington becomes so pleasant. The vernal sunshine starts warming the charcoal-colored walls, snow caps the surrounding peaks, the green waters of the Wenatchee... Read More...

Castle Rock-Upper Wall (SW Face)

Guidebook
Photo: Kyle Flick works his way up a route (Canary?) on the Upper Wall. Attractions: Old Gray Mare, Crack of Doom, Canary, Cat Burglar, Saber, and Century are all among the classic trad routes on the southwest-facing upper wall of Castle Rock. Castle Rock... Read More...

Icicle Canyon-Fish Wall

Guidebook
Attractions. An Icicle Canyon crag composed of clean, solid granite. Fish Wall is close to the road and offers the average climber a half-dozen moderate (5.8 and 5.9) routes to enjoy. Additional bonuses, the routes protect well and the views... Read More...

Icicle Canyon-Trundle Dome

Guidebook
Attractions. One of the Icicle Canyon crags closest to Leavenworth, Trundle Dome dishes out a quiver of clean routes on solid granite. The crag is about a 10-minute walk from the road, offers a nice diversity of routes that are... Read More...

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