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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.

Lake Wenatchee Ski Trails

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ATTRACTION. Lake Wenatchee State Park maintains two pods of groomed ski trails that loop through the woods and run along the eastern shoreline of Lake Wenatchee. 5.3 kilometers of trail lies immediately north of where the Wenatchee River exits the... Read More...

Lake Wenatchee-Chiwawa

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ATTRACTION. This Sno-park offers the “See and Ski” Trail, an 8 k groomed loop with a full skate lane (8 ft) and single track for the entire route. In total 11.5km of nordic skiing. Trail passes through the forest and... Read More...

King Creek Tour

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Attractions: A pleasant, relatively private area providing pretty views over the Blewett Pass environs and a destination for all types of snow play (light touring, snowshoeing, telemark skiing and ski touring). A Forest Service Road provides an easy route for... Read More...

Icicle River Road Ski

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Attractions. In winter, the unplowed portion of the Icicle River Road often offers good cross-country skiing even when there’s little snow. With high rugged peaks above the road and a tumbling river beside it, this is pretty countryside. And it’s... Read More...

Valhalla, Lake

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Photo by Sarah Shaffer. Article by Andy Dappen. For starters, the lake has quite a name going for it. En route to this lake for Norse heroes slain in battle, you’ll see both the snowy slopes of Mt. Hinman in... Read More...

Twin Peaks-East Ridge

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When my family saw the special about Steve Irwin (aka the Crocodile Hunter) in the Galapagos Islands, we all laughed when, just before jumping in the drink to harass some new animal, he looked at the camera and, with his... Read More...

Eightmile Mountain-NE Face

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Article and photos by John Plotz Photo: Making solo tracks across Eightmile Lake Mid-week is hallowed ground for ski touring, given the outdoor recreation’s rise in popularity. On any given weekend, the touring dirtbags skinning up the Eightmile Road (a... Read More...

Earl Peak

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Photo: On the summit, and in the clouds, of Earl Peak. Words and photos by Chester Marler Earl Peak (7036 ft) is one of the easier summits in the Wenatchee Mountains to access on skis.  The views from it are comparable... Read More...

Twin Lakes

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My companions were shocked I’d never hiked to Twin Lakes. “What? Mr. Outdoors hasn’t hiked this? Every outdoorsman who’s any outdoorsman has hiked this one!” I was feeling pretty insignificant and sputtered a Swiss Cheese rational: Being a relatively short... Read More...

Diamond Head-County Line Route

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Photo: On the County Line approach — the most direct and, arguably, the safest route up Diamond Head Walk the Line — The County Line approach to Diamond Head by Rob Mullins The County Line route from the Blewett SnoPark... Read More...

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