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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.

Mad River-Mad Lake & Klone Peak

Guidebook
Attractions: An excellent mid-summer and autumn ride. Superb single-track and a scenic summit combine to make this one of the state’s better intermediate, cross-country rides. Many other more difficult rides branch off the trunk line formed by the Mad River.... Read More...

Lillian, Mount

Guidebook
A fun walk through pines and tamaracks with views of Diamond Head, the backside of Mission Ridge, Mission Creek drainage, Entiat and Icicle ridges, Glacier Peak and Mount Rainier. Maps: Wenatchee National Forest Map, Green Trails # 210 (Liberty). This... Read More...

Jumpoff Ridge-Powerline Road

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Nice views over Wenatchee Heights and Columbia River Valley. Nice wildflowers in spring and early summer. It’s much cooler up here during the heat of summer. There’s also a large elk herd up in this area. Maps: USGS 7.5-minute series... Read More...

Iron Mountain

Guidebook
Attractions. A walk, mountain bike ride, cross-bike ride, or even a trail run on good dirt roads to a summit with a commanding view of the hills and dales around Blewett Pass. The road climbs relentlessly and sometimes quite steeply. It’s... Read More...

Freund Canyon Connector

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Photo: This connector trail between Ski Hill and Freund is much more than a few miles of new trail. A few trails do not a system make. A system needs trails of various lengths and difficulties. Trail systems provide loops... Read More...

Freund Canyon

Guidebook
Freund Canyon is Leavenworth’s backyard mountain biking hill. In under two hours you can leave Leavenworth on a bike, grind uphill, scream downhill on fast trails, and be back in town. If you’re a Leavenworth visitor with a family in... Read More...

Fourth of July Creek to Icicle Ridge

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Photo: Icicle Ridge delivers big-screen view from Icicle Ridge of Stuart (right) and Colchuck (left). After a brutal 4,800-foot climb up Fourth of July Creek, you reach Icicle Ridge with its big-screen views of the nearby Stuart Range and it’s... Read More...

A Walk In The Clouds

Adventure
Twin Peaks, looking ominous before the onslaught of winter A Walk In The Clouds by Glen Carlson So, I roam this dock of late fall, building upon my perverse desire to be lashed by snowflakes or pelted with rain in order... Read More...

New Traditions

Adventure
Joanna Davis checking out the view at Clara Lake New Traditions by Keri Davis In the fall, I typically head for the high country to see the larches at peak color. There are few things better than the combination of... Read More...

Wenatchee High School Ski Building

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Doug Merrill and his students showing off the skis they built in Doug’s class. Wenatchee High School Ski Building By Doug Merrill This past school year, four seniors took on an unusual design and construction project while taking my Advanced... Read More...

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