Wenatchee Outdoors

Halloween Trails & Treats
2024-10-14 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join Wenatchee Outdoors and Chelan Douglas Land Trust for a FREE Halloween hike up Castle Rock. This is a great excuse to get to wear those costumes. Meet us at the Castle Rock trailhead, we will start at 4:30 and make a loop along the Castle Rock Trails. Don’t forget to bring those Trick or Treat bags there will be some treats along the way!
When: October 14, 2024
Time: 4:30-5:30
Where: Castle Rock Trailhead
Note: Costumes are encouraged but not required
If you have any questions please email Krissy, Community Outreach Coordinator, at krissy@wenatcheeoutdoors.org

Fuel Your Endurance: Nutrition for Endurance Sports
2024-10-15 17:30 - 18:00 | Washington Park, 110 S Miller St., Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
This event is geared towards those who want to learn more about fueling for endurance sport activities. The presentation will be led by Hannah Robinson, registered dietitian at Ridgeline Nutrition. We will meet at the park where Hannah discusses ways to fuel for physical activities during and post workout to keep you feeling stronger out in the trails. Snacks and a homemade electrolyte recipe will be provided.

10-15 minute presentation
Q&A and discussion to follow
Bring:note book, pen/pencil and a blanket or chair to sit on
Meet at the designated picnic table (look for our event sign)

WenOut Tuesday Series-River Walk-Meeting at Pybus
2024-10-15 17:30 - 18:30 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Join WenOut team member Jena, outside on the South Plaza of the Pybus Public Market, at the top of the stairs to the loop trail for a fun and leisurely walk. The walk will be about 3 miles total on the Apple Capital Loop trail, out 1.5 miles and back 1.5 miles, meeting and ending at Pybus. Please rsvp at the button below. Looking forward to having you join us!

Wenatchee Run Club
2024-10-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-23 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Run Club

Event Summary: Wednesday night weekly

Description: Come join us from 5-7 pm at the Taproom by Hellbent at Pybus for check in. We will have a 5k group start run at 5:30pm or you can run on your own.
Stay and hang out! Hellbent will be offering 10% off after the run for all participants.
Location: The Taproom at Pybus
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556162716960

Seeding Work Party
2024-10-17 10:00 - 13:00
Date: Thursday, 10/17/24
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: Horse Lake Reserv
Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our lands in just two hours? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Consider signing up to join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Seeding Work Party!
What? Volunteers will spread seeds and conduct basic trail maintenance. Expect to hike up to 4 miles total.
Where? We will meet at Horse Lake Trailhead.
How? – Sign up below! We will send you a follow-up confirmation email with full logistic details.
Contact Ryan Graig if you have any questions at ryan@cdlandtrust.org or the CDLT office at (509) 667-9708.
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Community Bouldering Event
2024-10-19 10:00
Join Riverfront Rock Gym for a day out bouldering up the Icicle.
This event is free and welcome to all ability levels. We’ll supply plenty of crash pads and donuts! If you have any questions please contact us via email or at the front desk.
Riverfront Rock Gym website

Mission Ridge Tamarack Fest Hike at Midway!
2024-10-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Mission Ridge, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd, Wenatchee, Wa, 98801, United States
Mission Ridge and Wenatchee Outdoors are partnering for the Mission Ridge Tamarack Festival, Saturday October 19!
Join Wenatchee Outdoors team member, Becky for a hike to Midway at Mission Ridge. We will start behind the lodge, ascend to Midway via the summer road, then return. This is a great area to enjoy the larches changing color in October, don’t forget to bring your camera!

Please scroll down to rsvp.

Location: Mission Ridge Lodge
Mileage: 1.54 miles
Elevation: 600 ft

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Mission Ridge Tamarack Festival Hike to Clara Lake
2024-10-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Mission Ridge, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd, Wenatchee, Wa, 98801, United States
Mission Ridge and Wenatchee Outdoors are partnering at the Mission Ridge Tamarack Festival Saturday October 19!

Join Wenatchee Outdoors team members, Ben and Jena, for an out and back hike to Clara Lake. The trailhead is located at the entrance to the parking area for Mission Ridge. You will go uphill through the larch trees, and then will enter a meadow just before arriving at Clara Lake. This a good spot to see larches changing color in October, have those cameras ready!

Please scroll down and click on the link to rsvp. Looking forward to having you join us!

Location: Mission Ridge
Distance 2.8 miles total
Elevation 912 ft

Tamarack Festival Event Link

Mission Ridge Tamarack Festival Hike to Midway
2024-10-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Mission Ridge, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd, Wenatchee, Wa, 98801, United States
Mission Ridge and Wenatchee Outdoors are partnering for the Tamarack Festival.

Join Wenatchee Outdoors team member, Alli for a hike to Midway. We will start behind the lodge, ascend to Midway via the summer road, then return. This is a great area to enjoy the larches changing color in October, don’t forget to bring your camera!

Please rsvp by clicking the button below. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Location: Mission Ridge Lodge
Mileage: 1.54 miles
Elevation: 600 ft

Tamarack Festival Event Link

Mission Ridge Tamarack Fest Hike to Clara Lake!
2024-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Mission Ridge, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd, Wenatchee, Wa, 98801, United States
Join a Wenatchee Outdoors team member, for an out and back hike to Clara Lake! The trailhead is located at the entrance to the parking area for Mission Ridge. You will go uphill through the trees and will enter a meadow just before arriving at Clara Lake. This a beautiful spot to see larches changing color in October, have those cameras ready! This is a free event.

Please scroll down to rsvp and click the rsvp button.

Location: Mission Ridge
Distance 2.8 miles total
Elevation 912 ft

Tamarack Festival Event Link

Leavenworth Winter Sports Club-Gear Swap
2024-10-20 12:00
It’s Gear Swap Time!
Get into your gear closet and go out to your garage. Try on all the things. And then come to the Gear Swap to fill in gaps or get rid of redundancies!

Location: ALPINE LAKES ELEMENTARY covered area.
Date: Sunday, October 20th
Time: 12pm-3pm
Admission: free to attendees

The LWSC Ski Team will be hosting a booth. If you have usable items that you’d like to donate they will gladly accept them and sell to raise funds.

Do you want a 10×10 space to sell your gear? It’s only $10! ($25 for commercial sellers). Just fill out the form below to reserve your space.
Questions? Email events@skileavenworth.com

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Plant Foraging Series: Chicory
2024-10-22 17:00 - 18:30
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Where: Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division St. Leavenworth, WA

Join WRI for our Plant Foraging Series. We will be hosting plant foraging workshops to introduce people to the abundance of local plants and their edible, medicinal, and functional uses. Each workshop will feature a new plant at its unique harvest time. Participants will learn hands-on how to identify, harvest, propagate, and make use of the plant. Our goal is to empower people to respectfully and reciprocally engage with the plants that live here.
This will be an opportunity to harvest chicory on the WRI campus and learn how to process the roots for making your own drink. Plan to wear clothing to get dirty, something to collect your harvested roots, and a long-handled shovel.
This workshop will be instructed by our WRI Land Steward Tiffany (who also goes by Tiffa). She is madly in love with native plants, lichen, and fungi in general and has a BA in Environmental Studies/Biology from UC Santa Cruz (go Banana Slugs!) Tiffa’s interests include rare plants, fungi, and lichens, and serves on the board of the Wenatchee Valley chapter of WNPS, as an alternate board member of the Northwest Lichenologists, and does extensive design work for Fungal Diversity Survey. She is also a volunteer for Rare Care, monitoring populations of rare plants around Washington State.
Registration required.
Space is limited, so sign up fast! Class size: 15
Cost is Pay What You Can. Choose a price that is reasonable for you. WRI offers this in recognition that not everyone can afford to pay for classes. We hope that people who can, will pay to help those you cannot.

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WenOut Tuesday Series
2024-10-22 17:30 - 18:30
We are working on finalizing the location of this outing, will update as soon as possible.

Pickleball
2024-10-22 17:30 - 18:30 | Rotary Park, Mulberry Lane, Wenatchee, 98801, United States
Pickleball at Rotary Park! Please bring your own paddles.

Film Showing of "Common Ground"
2024-10-24 18:30 - 20:30
Free film showing of “Common Ground,” presented by Sustainable NCW and Wenatchee Valley College Sustainability Committee

When: Thurs, 10/24/24 6:30-8:30pm,

Where: Van Tassell Lounge at Wenatchee Valley College

Info: A hopeful and uplifting film about diverse farmers using regenerative agriculture techniques creating healthier soils that yield ecological and economic benefits while serving as a carbon sink. After the film, there will be a short discussion led by local experts about the implications of the film for agriculture in NCW.

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Make A Difference Day
2024-10-26 09:00
Date: Saturday, October 26,24
Time: 9:00pm-12:00pm
Location: Jacobson Preserve
Take action and make an impact in your community by celebrating the largest National Day of Community Service in the USA with the Chelan- Douglas Land Trust.

Join us to help spread seeds, mulch and plant Fuzzy tongue penstemon at the Saddle Rock Traverse Trail.

FREE food will be provided.

Youth 6th-8th grade are welcome to come with a parent. 9th-12th grade students are welcome to attend on their own.

Registration is encouraged but not required. Please register below.

Accessibility:
The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.

Please get in touch with Ayla at ayla@cdlandtrust.org for any questions or accommodations.

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Make a Difference Day with WRI
2024-10-26 09:00 - 12:00
Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826
Make a difference in your neighborhood and community! WRI will be participating in this year’s Make a Difference Day. We will be working in the E. Lorene Young Community Garden for this year’s project.
We will work together to dismantle and replace old planter boxes and replace them with new cedar ones built onsite. We completed half of the boxes last year and need your help to finish the rest of the garden. These new boxes will serve community members for the next decade of fruit, vegetable, herb, and flower growing.
We will also be making new accessible garden beds for those who cannot safely or adequately navigate the current layout. We’ll be adding extra space between garden beds as we rebuild them. These extra inches will allow wheelchair users to enjoy the wonders of community gardening. We are committed to making the WRI campus welcoming and accessible to all. We need your help in taking a step towards this goal!
This is a family friendly volunteer event! WRI will have the materials and hand tools available for the work.
Join us on Saturday, October 26th at WRI if you’d like to participate! Please let us know you’re coming by clicking the red “RSVP Here” button above.
Feel free to park at Wenatchee River Institute (for free). We can meet there and walk together over to the E. Lorene Young Community Garden (corner of 12th St and Commercial St).
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Leavenworth Winter Ski Club-Ski Hill Volunteer Work Day
2024-10-27 10:00
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 10AM – 4PM.
Come up for a couple of hours or stay all day.
Objective: Prepare Ski Hill for Winter Operations and the ability to open Tubing, Nordic and Alpine operations on a minimal amount of snow.

A free lunch will be served to all volunteers!
The Ski Hill Lodge will be open.

Please email events@skileavenworth.com if you have any questions.
TASK LIST
Base Area

Brush, lop and weed-eat island behind the Little Tow
Brush and clean ½ culvert behind the Little Tow
Remove any objects that could damage mowing or grooming equipment
Pick-up and discard all trash & litter

Lodge

Clean Lodge concession area, restrooms, common areas & storage areas
Wash windows
Stack wood in the Lodge wood shed

Slopes

Weed-eat
Pile limbs and brush to be chipped
Mow

Ski Jump

Mow and weed-eat jump hill
Weed-eat ski jump tow path and judges stand

Nordic Trails

Remove overhead branches
Mow

Parking Lot

Mow and weed-eat around rocks and poles

Things to bring

yourself
a friend
work clothes
work gloves
pruners
loppers
weed eaters
rakes
a great work attitude

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WenOut Tuesday Series, Loop Bike Ride
2024-10-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Walla Walla Point Park, 1351 Walla Walla Ave, Wenatchee, 98801, United States
Join Wenatchee Outdoors team member Krissy for a short, family friendly, bike ride along the Columbia River starting at the Walla Walla Point Park. We will meet by the restrooms left of the toys. Krissy plans to head South to the bridge before turning around to head back.

Sustainable NCW presents Recycling and Composting: Fact vs. Fiction, A Panel Discussion
2024-10-29 19:00 - 20:30
Tues, 10/29/24
7-8:30pm
Pybus Event Center

This panel discussion will feature experts ready to answer your questions about all things recycling and composting. Myths will be dispelled and the reasons behind recycling rules will be explained. This FREE event will be in person, available online and we’ll create a recording. We will have Spanish interpretation available in person.

Come early (6:30-7pm) and drop off your e-waste for recycling.

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Pray For Snow Concert
2024-11-02 18:00 - 22:00
Pray for Snow is the official kick-off to the winter season! Celebrate winter culture in the Wenatchee Valley and the start of ski season with your friends from Mission Ridge and Leavenworth Winter Sports Club!
Get ready to showcase your snow dancing abilities on November 2ndas we welcome Space Band and Warp Detour as co-headliners for an unforgettable night of live music! Kicking off the night will be local favorite Ghost Power!!!
This event is for Ages 21+.

About Space Band
Space Band brings high-energy, funk-inspired rock to the stage, known for their crowd-pleasing performances and eclectic mix of originals and covers. With their tight rhythms and infectious grooves, Space Band never fails to get the dance floor moving.

About Warp Detour
PNW’s Raucous 90’s/Early 2000’s Punk Rock Experience! A mosh fueled time machine that takes you back to the days of sweltering parking lots, white studded belts and too much Yoohoo. Come join our tribute to the early (and best days) of Warped Tour featuring covers of Nofx, Blink 182, Sum 41, Goldfinger, The Offspring, Rancid, Bad Religion, Descendents, Pennywise, Less Than Jake, Alkaline Trio and many, many more.

About Ghost Power!!!
Ghost Power kicks off the night with their signature blend of rock and blues. Known for their powerful sound and dynamic stage presence, they’ll set the tone for an unforgettable night of music.

Beer Garden
All proceeds from this year’s beer garden support the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club and Ski Hill! Grab a drink, enjoy the music, and help support a great cause!

How To Purchase Tickets

$20 in advance online.
$30 at the door night of the show.

Thank You Sponsors!
Blewett Brewing | RLS Productions | PEPSI | Mela Coffee Roasting Co. | Cascade Autocenter Subaru | HEAD

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New Test Outing
2024-11-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Apple Capital Loop 19th Street Trailhead, Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail and Park, East Wenatchee, WA, 98802, United States
This is just a test

Seeding Work Party
2024-11-08 10:00 - 13:00
Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our local trails? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Seeding Work Party!
What? We will be seeding the trail edges with native seed mix. We will also perform basic trail maintenance. Expect to walk up to 4 miles total round trip.
Where? We will meet at Kenzie’s Landing and walk to the work site.
How? Sign up below! We will send you a follow-up confirmation email with full logistic details.
Contact Ryan Graig if you have any questions at ryan@cdlandtrust.org or the CDLT office at (509) 667-9708
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Leavenworth Winter Sports Club-Groomer Gala 2024
2024-11-08 19:00 - 22:00
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR OUR SEASON KICK-OFF AND ANNUAL WINTER FUNDRAISER.

The evening will be a time to mingle with fellow winter sports enthusiasts while supporting great skiing in Leavenworth!

Who: You! And your friends, too.
What: A winter kick-off party
Where: Leavenworth Golf Club – Put at the Club
When: Friday, November 8th, 7-10:00pm
Tickets: $55/per person ahead of time, $65 at the door
Program: 7:00 pm Appetizers and Silent Auction
8:30 pm Raise the Paddle

All proceeds from this event get us closer to paying off our THIRDPistenBully 100, which will put out miles and miles of corduroy for years to come.

You can get tickets at the door (for $10 more) or secure your attendance by purchasing online ahead of time.
PURCHASE TICKETS

Please contact us with questions:
events@skileavenworth.com
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Biochar and Burn-Pile Workshop
2024-11-09 09:00
Registration link: https://lu.ma/vd62mfv3
​Join the Cascadia Prescribed Burn Association at the Wenatchee River Institute in Leavenworth to learn how to turn branches and wood from creating defensible space or pruning into a valuable soil amendment – while sequestering carbon and limiting smoke in the air – with a simple, fire-pit sized kiln! We will also have a larger kiln (appropriate for larger properties outside the Leavenworth Urban Growth Area) available for viewing.
​Please feel free to forward this event to local friends and neighbors so you all can benefit from better air quality, reduced wildfire risk, and improved soils.
​Schedule
​Check-in & Kiln Loading: 9 am
​Ignition: 9:30 am
​Conservation Burn-pile Building Session: 10:30 am
​Kiln Quench: 11:30 am
​Wrap up: Noon pm
​There will be multiple biochar-related topics for us to cover in-between kiln loadings, with plenty of time for Q&A along the way – bring your questions and your curiosity!
​Details & Safety
​The check-in area will be at the covered picnic benches south of the main parking lot.
​We request all attendees to review and sign waivers to help ensure a safe environment for working with fire. Even if you’re only observing, please wear a hat, long sleeves & pants from natural materials like cotton.
​While the Cascadia Prescribed Burn Association will graciously be providing some light refreshments, please plan on bringing plenty of water and a sack lunch.
​Restrooms are available on the property in the Red Barn, a short walk from the demonstration site area.

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Free Race Walking Clinic
2024-11-09 09:00 - 10:00
Free Clinic taught by age group 50K Racewalk World Record Holder. Darlene Backlund (age 79) who has been racewalking 30 years.
When: Nov. 9, 2024
Where: Eastmont Junior High School Track
Time: 9-10am
Come to learn: What is racewalking and powerwalking? Come ready to walk and meet others.
Call Darlene 951-536-8874 with questions. She recently moved to East Wenatchee and is excited to reach out and be involved in the community.
Please RSVP below.

WARREN MILLER’S SEVENTY-FIVE: A NEW CHAPTER
2024-11-09 16:00 - 17:00
CCA Snowy Owl Theater
Saturday, November 9th
Two showings: 4pm and 7pm
Tickets – $10 for students and $20 for adults
Come out and support two great community nonprofits, PVNT and LWSC, at this family friendly ski film fundraiser. Be prepared to enter the raffle for great prizes that will help increase your excitement for the upcoming ski season!
Warren Miller is going big for 75 years! Stacked with unbelievable action and unexpected stories, Warren Miller’s 75 will bring fans to powder stashes and chutes around the world, from Canada, Colorado, California, and Utah to Finland, Japan, Austria, and New Jersey. Catch a diverse lineup of snowsports legends, Olympic hopefuls, world champions, X Games stars, and emerging talents on the big screen this fall, including snowboarders Shaun White, Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis, and Toby Miller, plus skiers Max Hitzig, Lexi Dupont, Caite Zeliff, Mark Abma, and Aaron Blunck.
With original segments and unique collaborations, this year’s film will set the tone for the next 75 years of ski and snowboard filmmaking. Get ready for the celebration that is 75.
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