Adventure

Improbable Turns-Skiing the Foothills

January 14, 2022

Although this is an older article, the conditions for the Wenatchee Valley Foothills may be nearing the conditions mentioned within the post. Please consider avalanche conditions before you go...You can't be ... Read More...

Hok Giddiness

January 5, 2022

Adventure, Gear

Hok Giddiness by Sarah Shaffer Mark holding his Tiak and trying out the new Hok Skis. This last week my family and I got a couple of short test days to try out our new Hok skis made by Altai Skis. Her... Read More...

Big Snow

December 29, 2021

Adventure, Guidebook

by Tom Janisch “Big Snow is well named, for its expansive, rounded summit area and gentle northern slopes keep a white cover much of the summer…It is an excellent ski tour from Lake Dorothy. The summit... Read More...

Downhill Skiing with Kids

December 20, 2021

Adventure, Things to know

Downhill Skiing with Kids by Liz Dunham There is a fabulous you-tube video of a father dressed as a drill seargant waking up his kids with a bugle and forcing them to go downhill skiing. His mantra echoes in ... Read More...

Passage to Juneau

December 17, 2021

Adventure, Things to know, What's Happening

Passage to Juneau by Andy Dappen Cast of characters for the 1974 trip paddling the Inland Passage. Brother, Alan, second from left. Andy kneeling on right. In June of 1974, my mother drove m... Read More...

So I bought a Motorcycle, and it was Awesome

December 10, 2021

Adventure, Things to know

by Ray Birks Ray Birks on the singletrack near the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, WA. Recently I was asked what it is about cycling that is so appealing and why I spend a disproportionate amount of time... Read More...

Hiking the Ginkgo Petrified Forest

December 6, 2021

Adventure, Guidebook

Hiking the Ginkgo Petrified Forest by WenOut Staff Passing by the little desert town of Vantage on the I-90 might not provoke many questions in the minds of the car-laden besides perhaps "Who possibly lives h... Read More...

Expedition Behavior: The Finer Points

November 29, 2021

Adventure, Things to know

Written By: Howard Tomb A good expedition team is like a powerful, well-oiled, finely tuned marriage. Members cook meals together, carry burdens together, face challenges together and finally go to bed togethe... Read More...

The Floater and The Fractures

November 26, 2021

Adventure, Things to know

by Hans van Someren Gréve This is a story about recovery. The FB photo taken before the great injury. December 9, 2017 was one of those days where all of Wenatchee was solidly overcast and yet the webc... Read More...

Where is Horse Lake?

November 19, 2021

Adventure, Things to know

by Shelly Forster In 2006 the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust purchased the Horse Lake Reserve, intending to forever protect the land from development. Visiting the Reserve you can clearly see that the land ... Read More...

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