Wenatchee Outdoors

Walmart Sustainability Goals

January 24, 2017

by Sarah Shaffer This last week I was sick, so sick I couldn’t get off the couch. So in order to feel like I was being productive in the way of work, I read a lot and I found an... Read More...

Okanogan Weather & Road Conditions

January 22, 2017

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Okanogan Weather & Road Conditions REGIONAL WEATHER Weather (NOAA) Geographic Weather Fire Conditions Ski Area Weather BrewsterBridgeport Chelan Coulee City Grand Coulee Mazama Omak Okanogan Oroville Osoyoos Republic Stehekin Tonasket Twisp Winthrop Cascade Crest: Rainy PassColumbia Basin East Slope Cascades Eastern WA... Read More...

Okanogan Webcams

January 22, 2017

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Okanogan Webcams LOCAL TOWN AND ATTRACTION DESTINATIONS Brewster (Observatory) Chelan (various) Colville Kelowna, BC Mazama (Ranch House) Methow Valley (various) Newhalem (Diablo Dam) Osoyoos, BC Pateros Trinity (Massie Ridge) ... Read More...

Methow Valley Birding

January 22, 2017

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Methow Valley Birding The Methow watershed with its rivers and mountains, shrub-steppe and forests, low-lands and alpine zones has some of the most diverse bird habitat of anywhere in Washington State. Over 250 species of birds live or migrate through... Read More...

Want a Climbing Gym? Weigh in.

January 22, 2017

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by WenOut Staff With such an abundance of high quality granite in the area, why go inside a gym to climb? For starters: year-round access regardless of weather, off-season training, education, and to provide a social hub for the local... Read More...

Helicopter Training in Cascades – Public Comment

January 22, 2017

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by WenOut Staff Army helicopters could be a new addition to North Central Washington’s mountain environment, if the Aviation Division of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) follows through with a new proposed training area. There are four new proposed helicopter training... Read More...

NSAW & Avalanches – 2015 Update

January 17, 2017

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Over 600 backcountry skiers and snowboarders attended the Ninth Annual Northwest Snow and Avalanche Workshop (NSAW), Sunday of November 8 2015. The day was dreary and drizzly, making the indoor presentations a fine and pleasant way to learn while... Read More...

Business As Usual? Hardly

January 17, 2017

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Business As Usual? Hardly by Andy Dappen We meet to catch up. I thought we would have a cup of coffee in the concourse of Pybus Market but Glen Carlson will have no part of such idleness. “Let’s talk while... Read More...

Wolverine Fire – A Ringside Seat

January 13, 2017

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Wolverine Fire – A Ringside Seat by Brad Brisbine Jill & I came extremely close to pulling the plug Saturday on our Stehekin vacation. When we came over Navarre Coulee pass, we couldn’t even see the lake, the smoke was... Read More...

Maps Calculating Steepness

January 9, 2017

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Nate Woodward sent us this very interesing topographic map application that lets you pull up any topo map in the country and then overlays the map on the screen with different colors telling you the steepness (in degrees) of the slopes. Backcountry... Read More...

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