May 1, 2011. Since last week when we were hiking in the foothills of the Lower Valley, the number of flowers that are showing has made a huge leap. A few of the early bloomers are still out (prairie star,...Read More...
A class teaching dogs to avoid rattlesnakes As of May of 2012, occasional weekend a classes will be offered in Wenatchee to train dogs to detect and avoid rattlesnakes. It is estimated that over 150,000 dogs are bitten by...Read More...
Story provided by the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Winthrop, June 8, 2009- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest managers will permit to cattle to graze in an area southwest of Twist where gray wolves chose to locate a den and raise pups. The wolves...Read More...
by Joe Anderson Hello Fellow Snowshoers, The snow in the mountains has me dreaming about snowshoe trekking. I got so excited that just recently I went in the garage, dusted off my snow shoes, poles and hiking boots. I am...Read More...
A note from the editor: The below information came from an email thread by Fred Stanley on the WenatcheeOutdoors.org climbing chatter. He was asking the climbing chatter crew if they could name this peak based on the photos. The answer...Read More...
A few trails do not a system make. A system needs trails of various lengths and difficulties. Trail systems provide loops that users can put together in different configurations and in different directions. They have different access points. And they have enough...Read More...
Best Avalanche Beacons From the November 11 meeting of the Chelan County Mountain Rescue Association (CCMRA), Chester Marler and Brandon Levy (WSDOT avalanche control) discussed the reliability of old analog versus the newer digital avalanche beacons. Tom Janisch sent us these...Read More...
East Vs. West – Who’s Greener? The new 8th Congressional District, which now incorporates parts of Pierce, King, Chelan, and Kittitas counties, is a rare district that spans both sides of the Cascade Crest. This new district is now perceived to...Read More...
