Events

Saturday, April 27, is the sixth-annual Horse Lake Trail Runs in the Wenatchee Foothills! Distances include 25K, 7 Mile and 5 Mile. Proceeds benefit the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and its trail building and maintenance program at the 1,700-acre Horse Lake Reserve. Each Horse Lake registrant will receive an eco-friendly participant shirt; a finishers hat pin; a free lift ticket from Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort for the 2019-20 ski season; and discounts on beer and food at a post-race […]

Pybus Market Presents- Date/Time Date(s) - 04/27/2019 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Location Pybus Public Market The 2019 WSU Chelan-Douglas County Master Gardener plant sale is at Pybus Market from 9:00am to 2:00pm on Saturday, April 27. The sale will feature more than 20 varieties of tomatoes including both heirloom and favorite hybrids. A good selection of perennials, vegetable and herbs grown by Master Gardeners will be available as well as the ever-popular Walla Walla perennials. There will be between […]

Flamingo Days at Mission Ridge Date: April 27th, 2019 to April 28th, 2019 Time: 9am-2pm Where: Mission Ridge Ski Resort As always we'll be closing out the season with our retro, tropical-themed scavenger hunt, Flamingo Days!! Dust off your best neon ski gear and soak up some sun while you search for the plastic flamingos hidden around the mountain. The Grand Prize for the Flamingo Scavenger hunt is a 2019/2020 Season Pass! Other prizes include: hats, shirts, stickers, candy and […]

Wenatchee Velo presents-Lids on Kids April 28, 2019. 11am to 3pm at the Pepsi Cola Youth Day at the Park. For more information click here. 

Tuesday 6:30am-11am $12 day pass with gear included (Harness & Shoes). A great way to meet new climbing partners!

May 1 and 18, June 1 and 15, 8:00 – 9:30 am – Sleeping Lady Bird Walk – Join retired wildlife biologist, nature journalist and artist, Heather Murphy for our free, informative walk; and earn your Sleeping Lady Birder patch. Over the past 31 years she has recorded 109 species of birds in the Sleeping Lady area, which is documented in the Citizen Science eBird program at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Tour is free to the public. Meet at 8:00 am at the gazebo in […]

Lecture Series presents Richard Brinkman on the Pacific Crest Trail and community May 2 The 2018-2019 WVC Speaks Lecture Series presents “We Are Community: Finding Gemeinschaft in a Gesellschaft World,” by WVC faculty Richard Brinkman. Brinkman will be presenting a second time for the lecture series his research findings from traveling the Pacific Crest Trail. Brinkman first presented about his journey in 2016. The lecture is Thursday, May 2 at 2 p.m. in Wenatchi Hall room 2105 and room 901 […]

Date Thu, 05/02/2019 Time 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM SIGN-UP ONLINE HERE! Join the Chelan Douglas Land Trust on Thursday, May 2nd from 3-6 PM for trail maintenance at Horse Lake Reserve. We will tackle trail maintenance on the upper Horse Lake trails that will likely be under patches of snow or too muddy to work on during earlier volunteer trail events. This work will likely be light to moderate and involve hiking 2-5 miles and using hand tools such as loppers, […]

May 3, 4, 5 2019. Tour de Bloom. The Tour de Bloom Stage Race is a three-day cycling event being held May 3rd-5th, in the Wenatchee Valley. Organized by the Wenatchee Valley Velo Club, Tour de Bloom features a road race, a Merckx-style Time Trial, a twilight criterium in historic downtown Wenatchee, and a road race. The event is USA Cycling-certified. Tour de Bloom is held during Wenatchee’s famous Apple Blossom Festival. For more information click here.

Spring Saunters Friday, May 3, 2019 10:00 am 12:00 pm Waterfront Park Trail Join area naturalists from the Wenatchee River Institute for a FREE guided spring tour along the Waterfront Park Trail in Leavenworth. Learn about local and migratory birds, flowers, cultural history and more. Meet at 347 Division St. 10AM. Drop-Ins Welcome Reservations appreciated and required for groups of 8+ Contact Info Rachel Bishop rbishop@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org 509-548-0181 x5

Moses Coulee Geology Tour May 4 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm $40 – $45 Ken Lacy will take you on a tour of the Moses Coulee and the Waterville Plateau. This tour will discuss the science and Native American oral history of the rock formations created by the Ice Age Floods. Tour goers will meet at the Wenatchee Valley Museum to board a tour bus that will depart at 9 a.m. An overview of the Ice Age Floods will […]

NCW EcoChallenge, May 6 - 19. Registration opens 4/9. The NCW EcoChallenge is a community-wide competition for Chelan and Douglas county residents. Participants challenge themselves to try new, environmentally-friendly behaviors for two weeks. You choose the behaviors you want to commit to doing (from dozens of options) and report your progress online daily. In addition to learning how to reduce your carbon footprint, you have a chance to win valuable individual prizes and cash for the nonprofit agency of your choice! […]