Swimming the Enchantments
By Andy Dappen “Ninety percent of an iceberg's mass lies under the surface, but 100 percent of a man's manliness is tucked below the surface--if he's just emerged from Isolation Lake anyway.” I dangle... Read More...
Castle Rock – Re-Opened
Castle Rock Re-Opened -- by Kalie Wertz
This rocky peaklet is one of the focal points when you scan the Wenatchee Foothills. There it sits, locked between Number 1 Canyon and Number 2 Canyon, for the e... Read More...
Leavenworth Rock Climbing Guide
When we asked local climber Stewart Hoover, a recovering lawyer who now climbs more than he lawyers, to write a review of the new climbing guide Leavenworth Rock, he obliged. He's a relative newvcomer to the ... Read More...
Green Trails Maps
A long, trusted navigational companion among hikers and backpackers, Green Trails Maps has updated several of their more popular local maps to better suit the needs of many different user groups. Outd... Read More...
GPS Course at Homestead Trail
Editor's Note: This piece was originally posted on November 7th, 2013, and is a great family fun activity. And while Homestead Trail is a well-exposed trail to the Wenatchee sunshine, this GPS course can eith... Read More...
Squilchuck’s Identity Crisis
Matt Rose on a newly constructed bridge and trail at Squilchuck State Park.
Squilchuck's Identity Crisis
by Andy Dappen
The trouble with Squilchuck State Park is that it has lacked an identity. Most state p... Read More...
Meru…the Movie
Meru... the Movie
Reviewed by Andy DappenMeru, the movie of climbing the unclimbed Himalayan peak of the same name, showed in Leavenworth at the Snowy Owl Theater to a sold-out ... Read More...
Sockeye Fishing 101
Sockeye season opened on Wednesday (August 5) on Lake Wenatchee and will remain open through the weekend and, perhaps, into the early part of the week before the harvestable number of fish have been c... Read More...
Christine Boskoff: A Life in a Day
Written By Andy Dappen
Leaving her Seattle home at 1:30 a.m., Christine Boskoff briefly wondered what she was thinking when she agreed to meet me in Leavenworth, Washington for a mid-October, one-day a... Read More...
Hunting Season – 2015
Hunting Seasons - 2015
So that you don’t end up adorning the hood of a car, as an outdoor sport enthusiast you are advised to keep tabs of the different hunting seasons throug... Read More...