by Sarah Shaffer This spring, I had a very funny experience while mountain biking in our local foothills. I wrote a story about this experience which our organization shared with The Good Life magazine. Click HERE to read it! I am...Read More...
This outing is not in our general stomping grounds we post about, but we bring this story to you because Jim wrote it and he is Wenatchee homegrown. by Jim Brisbine Silvertip Mountain (8517’) Mt. Rideout attempt (8028’) May 26-28, 2017 When...Read More...
Far Flung – Tarpiscan to Vantage Bikepacking Trip by Ray Birks The Tarpiscan and Colockum areas of the Wenatchee Mountains are notoriously rocky. It’s almost as if a giant hand swept across North Central Washington, moved a large volume of...Read More...
Hog Loppet 201 by Andy Dappen For decades the Hog Loppet was a locally famous Nordic ski event. On a Saturday in late February some 400 Nordic skiers rode the lifts up the Mission Ridge Ski Area then struck off...Read More...
Factoring Fun on Mt. Adams by Andy Dappen “Have you heard about ‘Fun-Factor Ratings’?” he asks.It’s 7 a.m. and Mike Rolfs and I have just started the 7,000 vertical foot climb up the south side of Mt. Adams, Washington’s second...Read More...
Rediscovering Skiing By Brian Holt This story was originally published on 1/30/15. In September I moved to Wenatchee from the Southeast. Growing up in South Carolina, there was little opportunity to go skiing. Every year, however, my dad took my...Read More...
Flexibility by Andy Dappen “What are you thinking about for the weekend?” It’s a question my wife frequently asks early in the week. “I was thinking about skiing Rock Mountain one day, and doing something with you the other.” She...Read More...
by Ray Birks “Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground” Once in a...Read More...
For all you mothers out there, or you parents that are feeling the overload of 2020/2021 and this pandemic life we are living, this video is for you. It struck a chord with some of our staff members, feeling the...Read More...
Words by Tom Janisch, Photos by Coron Polley Silver Star Mountain, near Washington Pass west of Mazama Washington, harbors northeast-facing glaciers and snowfields offering fine skiing and snowshoeing. Justifiably, it’s one of the more popular spring skiing areas in the...Read More...
