The Yakima Skyline 50K by Laura Valaas “What’s your name?” Water. “What’s your name?” Gu. “What’s your name?” Coke. At this point, I realized two things — they were asking what my name was, and I hadn’t been responding out...Read More...
Granite and Glacé by Lisa Roberts The long awaited day finally arrived. After trying, unsuccessfully to obtain a pass in the mid summer to hike into the Enchantments, we resigned ourselves to waiting until after October 15th, when a pass...Read More...
Editor’s note: This write-up (and the pictures) are from last year. By the time the story was written and edited, the ski season was nearly over so we saved it for this ski season. The Birthday Tour is a classic...Read More...
Editor’s Note: The Watson Traverse on Mount Baker is definitely outside what we define as our territory here at WenatcheeOutdoors. However, as Tom Janisch noted in the email in which he sent us the following information and photos, “you can...Read More...
This article by Rick Steigmeyer appeared in The Wenatchee World and is reprinted below with the paper’s permission. LEAVENWORTH — Rich Brinkman, a Wenatchee Valley College sociology professor, just completed a long walk — and he feels it. Brinkman returned to...Read More...
Alight it’s that time of the year again. Ice climbing season is coming! But, is it here yet? If you haven’t joined our climbing chatter email list, you can find it under “local groups” on our homepage or just to make...Read More...
by Cyrus and Niles Desmarais We’re heading home. We are on the Lady of the Lake, and as we’re sitting on the boat, I can feel the water moving beneath us, the world gently rocking, my vision blurring a...Read More...
by Steve Tidd There is, sometimes, a fine line between fun and scary. Scare someone or watch a scary movie on Halloween and you will see what I mean. But I have also crossed this line many times during my...Read More...
by Dave Jaecks 50 years is but a blink in the life of a mountain, even a volcano, but it is a big chunk in the earthly span of a mortal man. Fifty years ago, in August of 1966 I was...Read More...
