Below is an article Charles Hickenbottom wrote about his stay at Sun Mountain Lodge and the surrounding area. Charles is able to link his thoughts of cross country ski trails around Sun Mountain and the Methow Valley during a season...Read More...
The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) and the City of Wenatchee have completed a partnership project that expands the Saddle Rock Natural Area and establishes a legal route between Jacobson Preserve and Saddle Rock. The Land Trust has been working for...Read More...
by Andy Dappen At the 2022 Backcountry Ski Filmfest held on November 19, sponsors of the event, El Sendero Backcountry Ski and Snowshoe Club, announced some big wins regarding the creation of new Wintertime Non-Motorized Areas in the Wenatchee Mountains. Working...Read More...
December Snows-2022 by Andy Dappen December 3, 2022. It’s an unusually good early-December snowpack that currently coats the hills surrounding the greater Wenatchee Valley. In fact, as I skied up and down the Twin Peaks Road today, I concluded the...Read More...
By Ray Birks Geocaching has been described as the world’s largest treasure hunt. A series of hide-and-seek games where hiders provide online clues for seekers. Seekers use an app on their phone using GPS to hunt for hidden caches. The...Read More...
by Jan Cook Mack When I first came to Wenatchee in 1986, I had been painting rural landscapes in White Creek New York where I had lived. There were many farms and rolling hills of woodlots and fields of corn...Read More...
by WenOut Staff Should grizzly bears return to the North Cascades? For the second time, a debate is taking place about whether the grizzly bear, once a resident of the state, should be reintroduced to its habitat in the North...Read More...
The Big Five (Universal Repair Kit for the Outdoors) by Andy Dappen Archimedes said, “Give me the Big Five and a place to stand, and I will repair the world.” Or was that McGyver? No matter, what’s important is the...Read More...
Steamboat Rock: It’s Not A Rock by Andy Dappen We had been wandering around the perimeter of Steamboat ‘Rock’ for over an hour when my wife commented, “You know, this is not a rock. Rocks have little summits. This is...Read More...
I Need a Nature Prescription by Sarah Shaffer For those of us who have a passion for being outdoors, we value what nature gives us. For me that is a sense of calm, solace, happiness, adventure, joy, and the feeling...Read More...
