“Before He Wakes,” was filmed in the Wenatchee Foothills last fall. This short film, by Wenatchee resident Steven Gnam, is about one woman’s daily routine to rise in the dark and greet the sunrise. The imagery does a great...Read More...
by Hans van Someren Gréve This is a story about recovery. December 9, 2017 was one of those days where all of Wenatchee was solidly overcast and yet the webcam at Mission Ridge showed sunny skies. As a retiree, I...Read More...
Fred’s Photography Foray by Fred Stanley I met Del Young and Tony Case at the Esmeralda Basin trailhead at our agreed 11 am time, despite being slowed by damage to the North Fork Teanaway Road from...Read More...
A Family Wolf Encounter by Glade Brosi Every weekend possible my family heads out into the wild for an adventure. This past weekend, the middle of November, we decided to head up the Icicle River for a hike that soon...Read More...
by Ray Birks All bike images provided by Matt the XWA rider. “My bike just got stolen from Fred Meyers.” That Facebook message surprisingly extended a short-lived friendship that was forged out of a moment of generosity between cyclists....Read More...
by WenOut Staff Sherri Schneider, sent us a short missive concerning the Shangri-La of ‘shrooms’ sprouting from the slopes of close by hills and from the loams of local dales. She wrote: “Hey….with all this rain, mushrooms are popping up...Read More...
Speed on Snow Creek by Jacob Leonard A friend of mine (John Plotz) did Outer Space after work one day with another friend (Vern Nelson), completing RPM (RPM is the name of the route) and Outerspace (also the name of...Read More...
Three Days in Wonderland by Marlene Farrell Three days can feel like the blink of an eye. Insubstantial. Three days fill up more space and elongate time when running (and hiking) around Mount Rainier like I did in August 2023. ...Read More...
Story and photos by John Plotz Car-to-car suffer fests in which you pack several days of activity into one stupidly long push (like climbing the Complete North Ridge of Mount Stuart in a day) only work when both climbers stay healthy. ...Read More...
Paddle and Pedal by Andy Dappen Sometimes my brother can be profoundly stupid. Years ago, for example, as we neared the end of a downriver canoe trip, he commented, “We need to invent a canoe that transforms into a bicycle...Read More...
