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...
Art in Motion: A Short Profile of Ian Morgan by Grace Peven Downhill mountain biker, Ian Morgan, believes his sport does a great job of exercising both the left and right sides of the brain. On the left side of...Read More...
Here at WenatcheeOutdoors.org, we debate about whether free soloing is worth the risk. Either way you feel about the topic, this video gives you the chance to consider another perspective....Read More...