Squilchuck Identity Crisis by Andy Dappen The trouble with Squilchuck State Park is that for much of its history it has lacked an identity. Most state parks have a defining feature that draws visitors — cliffs to climb, lakes to...Read More...
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 audience. As a winner of the Sundance Film Festival,...Read More...
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 caught. Because of the warm...Read More...
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 ascent of Dragontail Peak. She had just returned...Read More...
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 throughout the fall. It’s also a good...Read More...
Dappen Shooed Out, Shaffer Ushered InAs many followers of WenatcheeOutdoors are aware, we have been looking for someone competent to replace Andy Dappen, who announced to the board in late May that it was time for him to pursue...Read More...
Alight it’s that time of the year again. Ice climbing season is coming! But, is it here yet? If you haven’t joined our climbing chatter email list, you can find it under “local groups” on our homepage or just to make...Read More...
Hearty Hummingbird by Sarah Shaffer For the last month here in Wenatchee, WA there has been a hummingbird hanging out in my backyard. I see her on our fruit trees, in our pine trees and when I go outside she makes...Read More...
Hello WenatcheeOutdoors viewers. Happy Thanksgiving! We wanted to give you an update about our Number 2 Canyon Twin Peaks area. We would like to show our appreciation for the county road access to the public U.S. Forest Service lands in...Read More...
Here at WenatcheeOutdoors.org we work very hard to bring the outdoors to you. We have been busy this year rebuilding the website, rebuilding our logo, teaching classes, promoting conservation, sitting on committees, along with other projects we have been working...Read More...