NSAW & Avalanches – 2015 Update

GearThings to know
  Over 600 backcountry skiers and snowboarders attended the Ninth Annual Northwest Snow and Avalanche Workshop (NSAW), Sunday of November 8 2015. The day was dreary and drizzly, making the indoor presentations a fine and pleasant way to learn while... Read More...

Mazama Nordic Trails

Guidebook
Mazama & Winthrop Nordic Trails Words and photos by Gordon CongdonThe groomed trails clustered around the little hamlet of Mazama create a wonderful pod for cross-country skiers of all abilities. Most of the trails cover flat, scenic ground over farmland... Read More...

Washington Pass-Birthday Tour

Guidebook
Birthday Tour – Washington Pass by Andy DappenIn the mid-1980s Sally Portman listed this circuit in her book, Ski Touring Methow Style. It’s a circuit her husband, Don, had skied with his friends on one of his birthdays. Certainly skiing... Read More...

Magic Water

AdventureGuidebook
Why does a 60-year old hiker continue to abuse his body on strenuous hikes with little prior conditioning? This is the tale of backpacking to 7 lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The trip took place August 6th-9th of 2015.... Read More...

Jumpen Rob Rabbit

Adventure
First off — a little spoiler alert that the SPCA was not called in as a result of the filming of this video. Still, the video may drop your jaw just a hare as you watch the antics of this... Read More...

Similkameen Rail Trail

Guidebook
Attractions. Enjoy a side of history along with your exercise by walking, running, or biking the Similkameen Trail, a 3.5 mile (one way) segment of the old railroad grade that once ran along the Similkameen River between the towns of Oroville... Read More...

Business As Usual? Hardly

Things to know
Business As Usual? Hardly by Andy Dappen We meet to catch up. I thought we would have a cup of coffee in the concourse of Pybus Market but Glen Carlson will have no part of such idleness. “Let’s talk while... Read More...

Litchenberg Mountain

Guidebook
  Lichtenberg Mountain offers backcountry skiers and snowshoers options for a north-side climb, a south-side route, or a circuit going up one side and down the other. Pick the route that offers the best (and safest) snow. Through much of... Read More...

Cooney Lake – Heat Wave Escape

Guidebook
by Andy Dappen In hot weather the three elements for beating the heat in the outdoors are shade, water, and elevation. Cooney Lake gives you all three. A shady, forested trail up Foggy Dew Creek helps control the heat on... Read More...

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