The Larch Marathon – Oval Pass and Eagle Pass: Trails and Climbs by Andy Dappen The spousal ace had been played — his weekend plans were trumped and he was expected to serve mother-in-law duty on the West Side of...Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
