Freund Canyon is Leavenworth’s backyard mountain biking hill. In under two hours you can leave Leavenworth on a bike, grind uphill, scream downhill on fast trails, and be back in town. If you’re a Leavenworth visitor with a family in...Read More...
Photo: Icicle Ridge delivers big-screen view from Icicle Ridge of Stuart (right) and Colchuck (left). After a brutal 4,800-foot climb up Fourth of July Creek, you reach Icicle Ridge with its big-screen views of the nearby Stuart Range and it’s...Read More...
Attractions. This route is a non-nonsense ascent and descent of one of the higher peaks flanking Highway 2. The access is easy and if you don’t want to waste time touring flat terrain to reach skiable slopes, this is a...Read More...
For about a month each winter when a low snow level has settled in over the foothills of the Wenatchee Valley, the road up Twin Peaks makes for an accessible and surprisingly enjoyable winter outing. A 4.2-mile drive up Number...Read More...
Plain-old Nordic Skiing by Andy Dappen As late as 2010 if you had asked the residents of Plain, Washington to develop a Nordic skiing culture they’d have said, ‘Forget about it.’ If you wanted to ski groomed Nordic trails, they’d...Read More...
See a PDF version of this story with more photos. Stuart Range Traverse (September 10-11, 2011) by Mike Rolfs On a warm weekend in early September, Aaron Simmons and I set out from Ingalls Lake to traverse the...Read More...
The Paleozoics and Cenozoic of Silver Star by Andy Dappen We’re mainly a gray brigade of ski tourers who have assembled to ski Silver Star Mountain. At age 70, Chester Marler is our senior advisor, but to prove we’re...Read More...
Smooth to rugged — Echo Valley has it all. From superfly single track to untouched outback trails touching the national forest line. You can start riding at Echo Valley and link into the nearby trails of Echo Ridge. Activity: Mountain Biking,...Read More...
Photo: When one man’s upper is another woman’s downer. By Andy Dappen A mile into the hike he says, “I love this grass and how it undulates like waves in the wind. She says, “It’s windy every time we...Read More...
This is the upper portion of steep-sided, basalt canyon carved by Douglas Creek. There’s varied plant life here because of the year-around water in the creek and the dry desert landscape just beyond the creek. There’s also a fascinating history...Read More...
