Everything is Beautiful With metal pedals churning I aim my treaded tire up the silvery trail of frost below. Coils of wet smoke swirl from my flared nostrils fogging the sunglasses that sit above them. Here, I sweat pain: clear,...Read More...
Climbing and Brownies by Sarah Shaffer It has been a solid year since I last went rock climbing. A part of me wonders, if I haven’t gone for a year maybe I don’t enjoy it as much as I...Read More...
by Molly Steere Reason #437 why I love living in Wenatchee: we can pack more play into the day. We don’t have to sit in traffic or drive for hours to experience the very best of the outdoors. Regardless of...Read More...
Skiing Cannon Mountain and Mt. Cashmere – 4 Couloirs, 2 Days By John Plotz This ski touring season has been a struggle against inertia. Winter has been plagued with weather events that have rightly created a general paranoia about unstable...Read More...
by Molly Steere I don’t remember the very first time I hiked Saddle Rock. What I do know is that I hiked it very soon after we moved to the Wenatchee area twelve years ago and it quickly became symbolic...Read More...
Whitewater Kayaking: A Four-Season Sport by Tom Potter When I started kayaking in 2009, the thought of traveling down a river strapped into a kayak was terrifying. However, like anything in life, after committing countless hours of practice I slowly...Read More...
Busting Crust on Saddle Rock by Andy Dappen Saturday afternoon while driving home from a morning of downhill skiing at Mission Ridge, the glazed snows coating the Wenatchee foothills captivate me. They reflect sunlight like a mirror, making the foothills...Read More...
Washington Pass Ski Tours Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Tom Janisch took out two different backcountry ski tours in the Washington Pass area for the benefit of those who attended our backcountry skiing classroom sessions in early winter. Participating in...Read More...
White Pass on the Cheap by Andy Dappen Most journalists are not well paid. I, for example, benefit from rummaging through city trash bins looking for aluminum cans whose shiny metals can double my earnings. My skinny wallet existence means...Read More...
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 a picky skier when the snow is melting. Get...Read More...
