Photo: Mt. Daniel area taken from a camp at Peggy’s Pond Attractions. Sitting respectively at just under 7,900 and 7,500 feet, Mt. Daniel and Mt. Hinman are by no means the tallest peaks in the area. Yet located 14 miles...Read More...
Poetic Pilgrimage: A good percentage of this route can be seen on the ridge out before Juli and in the drainage down below her. Article and photos by Tom Janisch What were the poets doing on Wenatchee Ridge? As high...Read More...
A ridge hike you can easily make shorter or longer than the description described below. On clear days, hikers will have views of Nason Ridge, the Wenatchee Mountains, Mt. Stuart, and Mt. Rainier. Pictures and picture captions provided by Charlie...Read More...
Lisa Robinson took advantage of our beautiful spring weather to visit the Peshastin Pinnacles State Park. Although her parents lived just across the river from the park for 10 years and her grandmother owned the orchard there since before 1949, this...Read More...
The Old Wagon Trail, which is also a section of the Pacific Crest Trail as it passes through North Cascades National Park, connects the lower and upper Stehekin Valley. It makes a pleasant outing through varied forest for day hikers or riders, and provides...Read More...
Update (September 2017): The Entiat River Road and access to Myrtle Lake reopened this past spring after nearly a two-year closure caused by the Wolverine Fire during the summer of 2015). See the condition update below for more details. A...Read More...
The northern-most section of this ridge parallels the better known Devil’s Gulch Trail, in the foothills south of Cashmere. Technically this ridge continues south all the way to the Mission Ridge ski area. You can hike long or short on...Read More...
Short and steep, the trail to Minotaur Lake ascends through hemlock forests into a sub-alpine region of heather and huckleberries before it reaches this emerald lake filling a cirque below Labyrinth Mountain. People who like to get their climbing done...Read More...
A good trail for autumn colors. The trail is in good condition and connects with other interesting options–it can be part of a loop to Nason Ridge (Round Mountain) or the launching point to climb Mt. Howard. Maps: View our...Read More...
Words and photos by Kat Werle Connecting and completing these high routes is a spectacular way to spend six days in September. My friend bought a Routes and Rocks book (the Mountaineers 1965) that had all three maps beautifully intact....Read More...
