Events

A Return to Desolation, a family sailing film Monday, February 11th 2019 | WRI’s Red Barn | 347 Division St., Leavenworth Wenatchee River Institute invites you to enjoy a film about a local family’s adventures aboard their beloved sailboat, the Enterprise. Leavenworth’s Marlene and Kevin Farrell present a film they created while traveling with their two children by sailboat to Canada’s Desolation Sound. The film highlights the advantages of raising children with environmental ethics and a keen sense of discovery […]

Wenatchee River Institute Scientist Speaker Series, Water! Tuesdays, February 12 through March 5, 6 pm - 8 pm at Milepost 111 Brewing Co. in Cashmere, WA Water availability is critical to our survival and livelihoods, yet must also be equitably balanced with the needs for environmental health and sustainability. Because the Wenatchee Valley population is growing rapidly, additional demands are thrust upon both human and natural systems; the adequate and timely supply of water is critical to our collective future. […]

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 12 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Our speaker is Nick Zentner, the animated and gifted teacher/geologist from CWU. His topic: Supervolcanoes in the Pacific Northwest Why is there 30 feet of volcanic ash south of Vantage, Washington? For years, geologists thought the tephra must have come from a big eruption in the Cascades. New data from the ash bed […]

Red Barn Event at the Wenatchee River Institute, Wednesday, Feb. 13th Rock Glaciers of the Eastern Cascades, Professor Karl Lillquist, Geography Department at Central WA University Central WA University Professor Karl Lillquist will present Rock Glaciers of the Eastern Cascades in Wenatchee River Institute’s Red Barn on Wednesday, Feb. 13th. Doors open at 6:30PM for community social with presentation beginning at 7PM. When we think of the Cascade Mountain Range, glaciers often come to mind. In fact, author and prolific […]

Thursdays January-February 2019 10am-12pm Join area naturalist guides for a FREE snowshoe stroll along the river front trail in Leavenworth, WA! Even though we are within close proximity to the bustling downtown area, you will still have the feeling of being in the wilderness along our beautiful river. All ages welcome! Snowshoes provided! Drop-ins welcome. Reservations appreciated and required for groups of 8+. For reservations, call 509-548-0181 x5 link to website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/calendar/2019/1 Contact info: Rachel Bishop, rbishop@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org, 509-548-0181 x5

Science on Tap! Northwest Avalanche Center Leavenworth Ski Hill Lodge 2/14/2019 6:30-8:30pm Free Come hear from our local NWAC forecaster, Matt Primomo! He will be talking about the seasonal history of the snowpack and avalanches of the Eastern Cascades, with an emphasis on current conditions. Meet folks from Wenatchee River Institute and Leavenworth Winter Sports Club! This is not just for backcountry skiers and snowboarders! Do you snowshoe? Snowmobile? Cross country ski? Recreate outside in the snowy mountains? Then come […]

Feb. 15th 6pm -Feb. 17th 5pm Squilchuck State Park Wenatchee, WA SAVE THE DATE: Wenatchee Valley's 1st Annual Fat Bike Festival, The FATTY 509! Exact times and locations to be determined! We will have a ride, bike demo's and all day fun up at Squilchuck Park Saturday. There will be a Fat Bike Crit Saturday evening. Sunday will be a loop trail ride along the Columbia River, with a poker run and pub crawl through Brewers Row! For more information […]

Wenatchee River Institute Presents Moonlight Snowshoe Stroll February 15, 2019 5pm-7pm Price at door: $10-adults, $5-kids 12 and younger Reservations REQUIRED Moonlight Snowshoe Stroll Watch the sun set and walk along the Wenatchee River by light of the moon! Guided by Wenatchee River Institute naturalist field guides, experience our natural world at dusk on snowshoes! Reservation REQUIRED! Price at the door: $10-adult, $5-kids 12 and younger Snowshoes available, hot cocoa to warm your bellies! For more information click here.

Washington State Parks invites the public to participate in family-friendly, guided snowshoe hikes this winter at Lake Wenatchee State Park, just 25 east of Stevens Pass. Snowshoe hikes start promptly at 1:00 p.m. on the following dates:   Jan. 1, 6, 12, 21, 26 Feb. 2, 10, 16, 24   Meet at the North Reservation Booth in the North Park: 21588 State Route 207                 Leavenworth, WA 98826 When: Snowshoers should arrive early enough to prepare for the 1:00 p.m. […]

Wenatchee River Institute Scientist Speaker Series, Water! Tuesdays, February 12 through March 5, 6 pm - 8 pm at Milepost 111 Brewing Co. in Cashmere, WA Water availability is critical to our survival and livelihoods, yet must also be equitably balanced with the needs for environmental health and sustainability. Because the Wenatchee Valley population is growing rapidly, additional demands are thrust upon both human and natural systems; the adequate and timely supply of water is critical to our collective future. […]

Birders: The Central Park Effect February 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center Birders: The Central Park Effect reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan’s celebrated patch of green, and the equally colorful New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration. Author Jonathan Franzen, an idiosyncratic trombone technician, and a septuagenarian bird-tour leader are among the lively cast of characters in this charming, lyrical documentary that transports the […]

Thursdays January-February 2019 10am-12pm Join area naturalist guides for a FREE snowshoe stroll along the river front trail in Leavenworth, WA! Even though we are within close proximity to the bustling downtown area, you will still have the feeling of being in the wilderness along our beautiful river. All ages welcome! Snowshoes provided! Drop-ins welcome. Reservations appreciated and required for groups of 8+. For reservations, call 509-548-0181 x5 link to website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/calendar/2019/1 Contact info: Rachel Bishop, rbishop@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org, 509-548-0181 x5