Wenatchee Outdoors

PVAW Social Event at Plain Brewery
2024-06-13 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Plain Brewery

Who are the Plain Valley Adventure Women?

Plain Valley Adventure Women (PVAW) seek to bring women together to explore, connect, improve their outdoor skills and enjoy the diverse activities our community offers, in a fun and supportive environment. PVAW support the Plain Valley Nordic Team (PVNT) through volunteering and program fees that are used to support the PVNT Scholarship Fund. PVAW and PVNT are Plain Valley Ski Trails programs, a community supported 501 (c)(3) non-profit.

PVAW 2024 Summer Program Registration ($200.00)

* All net proceeds of PVAW support the PVNT youth ski education programs that train year-round.

Red Barn Event- Mind-Body Training
2024-06-12 19:00 - 20:00
This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

Are you someone who frequents risk-inherent environments like the mountains? Join us for a community engaged mental health discussion in the Red Barn. Instructors, Aimee Huffman and Sasha Dingle, will explore the power of mind-body training like breathwork, yoga, meditation, and nervous system regulation exercises. We’ll talk about how these practices can impact stress resilience and improve performance and help first responders and outdoor athletes recover from traumatic events.

Aimee Huffman is a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT), trauma-informed yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), health coach (ACE) and former Division 1 athlete. She specializes in using the lens of Polyvagal Theory and nervous system regulation techniques to elevate human health and performance. She helps leaders, educators and competitive athletes develop the mental fitness, nervous system stamina and emotional intelligence needed to thrive in fast-paced and demanding settings. Aimee has facilitated group mindfulness, yoga and mental training sessions in education, healthcare, technology and sports since 2016.

www.aimeehuffman.com

Sasha Dingle is a skier turned meditation teacher and the founder and director of Mountain Mind Project. Sasha has competed at the highest level of skiing and mountain biking, winning the Freeskiing World Tour and competing on the Freeride World Tour and Enduro World Series. She is a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher from the University of California Sand Diego School of Medicine Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Insitute (MBPTI). Since 2015, she has taught meditation in healthcare, sports performance, and leadership to audiences as varied as St. John’s Health Oncology and Diabetes, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and MIT. Sasha is the meditation teacher in Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence video courses, a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellow to Vietnam and a Mind & Life Summer Research Institute Fellow. Sasha’s style of meditation is to engage fully within the inherent risk of life, refined from her time spent in the inherent risk environment of mountains. Her mission is to normalize that the health in mental health can be cultivated through meditation practice.

https://mountainmindproject.com

Wenatchee Run Club
2024-06-12 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-22 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

Birding by the River with W.R.I.
2024-06-12 08:00 - 09:30
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
8:00 am-9:30 am

Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division Street, Leavenworth
Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around the WRI campus! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow.
This is a great opportunity to learn about eBird, the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world, and utilize it to record our observations of local wild birds. Total walking distance is ½ mile, over a gravel path with two moderate hills. Come prepared for the weather. These walks will happen on the second Wednesday of each month for the whole year. Join us for as many as you can!
Trail difficulty level: beginner
Trail is wide enough for ADA access, but trails are gravel
Bathrooms available at the start and end of the walk
Meet outside the River Haus at 8am and plan to be finished by 9:30am. This is a FREE event and no registration is needed.
For more information click here.

CONTACT INFO
Tucker Jonas
tjonas@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181 ext 5

PVAW Making Woof'em Sticks
2024-06-12 00:00 - 23:59
Scott and Dorothy Baker will help us make our own Woof’em Sticks. You are in for a treat! Max 12 people.

Who are the Plain Valley Adventure Women?

Plain Valley Adventure Women (PVAW) seek to bring women together to explore, connect, improve their outdoor skills and enjoy the diverse activities our community offers, in a fun and supportive environment. PVAW support the Plain Valley Nordic Team (PVNT) through volunteering and program fees that are used to support the PVNT Scholarship Fund. PVAW and PVNT are Plain Valley Ski Trails programs, a community supported 501 (c)(3) non-profit.

PVAW 2024 Summer Program Registration ($200.00)

* All net proceeds of PVAW support the PVNT youth ski education programs that train year-round.

The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute
2024-06-11 19:00 - 20:00
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 PM, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 S. Mission, Wenatchee. Or via Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937

Our speaker will be Philip Long of the Lake Chelan Research Institute (LCRI). Phil will talk about “Exploration of Geomorphic Features in Lake Chelan with an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)”Swath bathymetry, chirp sub-bottom reflection profiles, and sediment cores…. These were techniques recently used by the U.S. Geological Survey (June 2023) to collect data from Lake Chelan, WA, The resulting information has provided insights into late- and post-glacial history of Lake Chelan. In addition, LCRI’s ROV dives have distinguished bedrock from till on lake bottom sediment profiles, and have directly observed landslide scarps, debris aprons, and other geomorphic features of interest to many of us here. Some of the features on the bottom of Lake Chelan resemble surface glacial features we are familiar with on the Waterville Plateau! Moraines, kames, drumlins, kettles, underwater landslides….

Find out what’s going on at the bottom Lake Chelan!

The program is free and open to the public.

Discover Pass Free Day!
2024-06-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-08 00:00 - 23:59
Discover Pass Free Days!
The Washington State Discover Pass Program has designated the Discover Pass free days for 2024. On these days, visitors will not need a Discover Pass to park a vehicle at a Washington state park or on lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The 2024 Discover Pass free days are:

Monday, Jan. 1 – First Day Hikes and New Year’s Day
Monday, Jan. 15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Saturday, March 9 – Billy Frank Junior’s Birthday
Tuesday, March 19 – State Parks’ 111th Birthday
Monday, April 22 – Earth Day
Saturday, June 8 – National Get Outdoors Day
Sunday, June 9 – Free Fishing Day
Wednesday, June 19 – Juneteenth
Saturday, Sept. 28 – National Public Lands Day
Thursday, Oct. 10 – World Mental Health Day
Monday, Nov. 11 – Veterans Day
Friday, Nov. 29 – Autumn Day

Please note, free days apply only to day use parking, all other fees still apply

Cascades Track and Sign Evaluation with David Moskowitz
2024-06-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division St, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Spend two full days in the greater Leavenworth area, with professional wildlife tracker, naturalist, educator and author, David Moskowitz. This class is a wildlife track and sign evaluation through CyberTracker North America. David’s approach to this class is highly interactive, engaging participants in identification and interpretation of tracks and signs. Lots of time for questions and discussion is built in. This style is an excellent way to learn and investigate, with the chance to achieve a wildlife tracking certificate through CyberTracker North America. Certificates are awarded on three levels. You will not want to miss this opportunity!

CyberTracker classes provide an opportunity for quality, focused learning from some of the best trackers in the country. They are designed to further participant’s tracking knowledge, as well as to rigorously test and document their current tracking skill set. Originally designed to help African Bushmen gain employment on game preserves, they also provide an internationally recognized certification of tracking ability, an important credential for wildlife researchers and environmental educators as well as for people who want to test and push their own ability. Evaluations are entirely field based, striving to expose participants to the widest range of tracks and signs as possible. Discussions are encouraged, giving participants a chance to air their thoughts and receive individualized instruction.

Cost: $425 non-members, $375 membersFood and lodging not included.Limit of 10 participantsTrail difficulty, some off-trail travel, up and down ridgelines.

To make these programs more accessible, TCNA has made funds available for individuals from historically marginalized communities. Find the link below for the Financial Aid Application. Deadline for the initial application review is December 15th.

Field Trip: Active Stewardship
2024-06-08 09:00 - 13:00
Join us for a field trip to a ponderosa pine dry forest site to learn more about land management and fire risk reduction. This site, managed by Tyler Larson as a family forest, has had a variety of fuel reduction treatments including a prescribed burn in October 2023. Participants will learn the basics of conducting a forest inventory and how stocking density is measured. We will also showcase some examples of wildlife habitat that has been created through this process.

FREE to attend, registration required.

The location is 50 minutes from Leavenworth in the Teanaway, and will be provided after registration.

We will be walking for a few hours through easy to moderate terrain.

Please bring your own food and water for the field trip.

Active Stewardship with W.R.I.
2024-06-06 19:00 - 20:00
Thursday, June 6, 2024
7:00 pm-8:00 pm

HYBRID EVENT: WRI’s Red Barn 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826 or livestream via our YouTube Channel
This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm. Red Barn Events are now hybrid; you may join us in person in the Red Barn or livestream virtually.
Pacific Northwest forests face catastrophic losses from wildfire, drought, extreme temperatures, and insect mortality. This is largely as a result of climate change and historic land management practices. On top of that, these forest ecosystems now face a crisis of biodiversity loss, which threatens their integrity and the services they provide. Family forest landowners own 15% of forested land in Washington – roughly 3.2 million acres – and they can mitigate many of these threats to their forests through active management. Using a private forest in the Teanaway as a case study, it will be outlined the steps that forest landowners can take to create and steward healthy, resilient landscapes that provide benefits for people, wildlife, and the environment. It will be shared what the process is of determining management goals, understanding the current state of a forest, and implementing a variety of tools and techniques to increase tree vigor, provide high quality wildlife habitat, and restore the historic fire regime.
This presentation will be accompanied by a field trip to one of the ponderosa pine dry forest sites that is managed. We will tour the forest which has had a variety of fuels reduction treatments including a prescribed burn in October 2023. Participants will learn the basics of conducting a forest inventory and how stocking density is measured. We will also showcase some examples of wildlife habitat that we have created.
For more information click here.

CONTACT INFO
Joshua Schaub
jschaub@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
5095480181

Solstice Walk!
2024-06-06 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Horse Lake Trailhead

June 20th marks the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year! What better way to celebrate than by immersing yourself in nature’s beauty? Join us for this enchanting walk and make the most of this extraordinary day.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with others and explore the wonders of Horse Lake Reserve. We look forward to sharing this solstice experience with you!

Celebrate the longest day of the year with CDLT on June 20th! Join us for a special guided walk at Horse Lake Reserve from 6:00pm- 8:00pm.

River Walk starting at Pybus
2024-06-05 19:30 - 20:30 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
We will meet outside on the South Plaza of the Pybus Public Market, at the top of the stairs to the loop trail. We will walk about 3 miles total on the Apple Capital Loop trail, out 1.5 miles and back 1.5 miles, meeting and ending at Pybus.

Waste Loop Repair Cafe
2024-06-05 18:00 - 20:00
Do you have items that need fixing? Join us for our June Repair Cafe!

Repair Cafes are a community space which brings together skilled volunteer fixers and items that need repair, including textiles, small electronics and appliances, bicycles, and more. These events foster community, reduce waste, and build up the circular economy in NCW.

This event is funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

Location: 101e Railroad Ave, Cashmere, WA 98815-1128, United States

If you want to learn more about our Repair Cafe initiative or get involved, check out our Repair Cafe page.

Weed Warrior-Lower Sleepy Hollow
2024-06-05 17:30 - 19:30
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 Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring!

What & Where? – A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve. Sign up for one or more work party dates and times!

Why? – Our goal is to hand-pull knapweed as one element of a larger habitat improvement plan. By pulling the weeds before they flower and set seed, we can leave the plants on-site with no need to bag them!

Will it be fun? – Conversations can flow as we work in the shade of cottonwood trees, listening to birdsong along the Wenatchee River. Consider inviting your friends or family members to join you for one or more of these outdoor work parties. Our time on-site will be limited to 2 hours.

How? – We will send you a follow-up confirmation email with full logistic details.

The youngest age is 5 years old – no upper age limit. Families welcome!

Contact Susan Ballinger if you have any questions. stewardship@cdlandtrust.org

Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve, 1229 Lower Sunnyslope Rd, Wenatchee, WA 98801E

Naturalists on the River
2024-06-05 17:00 - 19:00
Join Wenatchee River Institute, in partnership with Leavenworth Outdoor Center, on a relaxing evening paddle down the Wenatchee River. This is a guided trip that will introduce you to the plants (flora) and animals (fauna) of our diverse river area (riparian zone). You will learn how to be a better observer of nature and be introduced to river safety and navigation. This is a great way to build your naturalist skills and confidence on the river.

Included: Kayak or paddle board, Life vest (PFD), transportation from WRI

Difficulty level: Beginner to intermediate, recommended you have basic swimming ability.

Cost: $60 non-member, $50 member. Not a member? Find our “Membership” page under the Support tab!

If the cost is a barrier for you to participate, go to the event link below and follow the “Financial Access Form”

Limit: 10 participants

Ages: 8 and older, an adult must accompany anyone 15 and younger.

Entiat Watershed Planning Unit Meeting
2024-06-05 16:00 - 18:30
This meeting is open to all, that will include a presentation and discussion of the Entiat Ridge public lands purchase option.

Snacks/drinks provided.

4:00-6:45 PMLocation: Entiat Fire Station – 2200 Entiat Way

The Cascadia Conservation District is a non-regulatory organization, funded by grants and a system of rates & charges, dedicated to encouraging the wise stewardship of all natural resources in Chelan County.

Our board and staff members work cooperatively with local landowners and communities to provide technical and financial assistance for soil, water, forest, fish, and wildlife conservation efforts. We currently serve all of Chelan County.

Explore our website to learn more about what programs we are involved in and how we are working with local landowners, agencies, non-profits and other stakeholders to develop and implement conservation projects in Chelan County that benefit both people and the environment.

Weed Warrior-Lower Sleepy Hollow
2024-06-04 09:00 - 11:00
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 Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring!

What & Where? – A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve. Sign up for one or more work party dates and times!

Why? – Our goal is to hand-pull knapweed as one element of a larger habitat improvement plan. By pulling the weeds before they flower and set seed, we can leave the plants on-site with no need to bag them!

Will it be fun? – Conversations can flow as we work in the shade of cottonwood trees, listening to birdsong along the Wenatchee River. Consider inviting your friends or family members to join you for one or more of these outdoor work parties. Our time on-site will be limited to 2 hours.

How? – We will send you a follow-up confirmation email with full logistic details.

The youngest age is 5 years old – no upper age limit. Families welcome!

Contact Susan Ballinger if you have any questions. stewardship@cdlandtrust.org

Location-Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve, 1229 Lower Sunnyslope Rd, Wenatchee, WA 98801

Kula Hot Yoga @ Ohme Gardens
2024-06-02 19:00 - 20:00
This event is hosted by Kula Hot Yoga.
This month we will be having Hatha Fusion practice in the beautiful Ohme Gardens. Come join us for peace, meditation and body movement! We will be having yoga in Ohme Gardens for June, July, August and September.
For July we will be practicing Vinyasa, August will be Power month, September will be Yin month.
Price is 3 passes at $20 each.
6 passes at $18 each.
9 passes at $15 each.
12 passes at $12 each.
Drop in is $30.
These passes are separate from a Kula Membership. Purchase here or at the front desk of Kula Hot Yoga.

Luna Sandals Garage Sale
2024-06-01 09:00 - 14:00
Shop the luna Factory. We will have great deals on lightly used, Faculty 2nds and accessories. There will be free Mela coffee, free pastries, raffle prizes, free lunch BBQ and family friendly games. Come hangout out with us at our factory. We make many of our sandals right here in Wenatchee!

Location- 4C Fifth Street, Wenatchee, WA (behind Shepherd’s Oil)

Plant Foraging Series: Nettle
2024-05-30 18:00 - 19:30
Thursday, May 30, 2024
6:00 pm-7:30 pm

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.

Nettle is a highly nutritious plant with a history of uses for traditional medicine, food, tea, and as a material for textiles. Known as “stinging” nettle it has small stinging hairs that inject a chemical which can lead to a rash or stinging burn if touched. These hairs can be neutralized when soaked or cooked allowing for the many uses of this plant.
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.
For more information click here.

CONTACT INFO
Joshua Schaub
jschaub@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
5095480181

Walk Along the River
2024-05-29 09:00 - 10:00
Join Krissy Richerson team member for Wenatchee Outdoors for a short morning walk along the Columbia River starting at the 19th Street Loop Trailhead in East Wenatchee. Krissy plans to walk North approximately 25 minutes with the group before turning around to head back. A nice way to start the morning is to get the legs moving and make some new friends!

Lake Wenatchee Jr Ranger Program
2024-05-26 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Lake Wenatchee State Park

Learn about nature by having fun in this interactive activity with a Park Ranger.Join us at the South Park Amphitheater at 10 a.m. where Park Rangers will put on a fun, interactive, kid-friendly program based on the Junior Ranger Ethos and the natural world we live in. Please arrive 5minutes early, children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is free to the public; however, day-use visitors will require a Discover Pass on their vehicle for parking.This event takes place within the South Park. The Amphitheater is located near the Group Camp. Parking is available at location.

Wednesday Wenatchee Birding
2024-05-22 07:30 - 09:30
Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around Walla Walla Point Park and the Horan Natural Area in Wenatchee! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow.

This is a great opportunity to learn about eBird, the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world, and utilize it to record our observations of local wild birds.

Total walking distance is approximately 2 miles, over a mostly flat and gravel path with some slight hills. Come prepared for the weather. This event will happen rain or shine!

Trail difficulty level: beginnerTrail is wide enough for ADA access, but trails are mostly gravel and compact earth.Bathrooms available near the parking lot at the start and end of the walk.

Meet in the north parking lot of Walla Walla Point Park, near the restrooms and playground at 7:30am. The plan is to finish by 9:30am. This is a FREE event and no registration is needed.

Location: Walla Walla Point Park, 1351 Walla Walla Ave, Wenatchee, WA 98801

Weed Warrior-Horse Lake Reserve
2024-05-21 17:30 - 19:30
Want to improve the success of our native grass restoration? Want to fit in an upper body workout before your hike or bike ride? Become a Weed Warrior!

CDLT staff hand-pull weeds in the restoration area near the concrete slab where the barn used to be at Horse Lake Reserve. In the Fall of 2023, we planted native grass seedlings. We will hand-pull weeds to give grasses a better chance to survive.

Gloves, kneeling pads, trowels, and snacks will be provided!

*All work parties are weather and conditions dependent. Canceled work parties will be rescheduled if possible.

Bike the Apple Capital Loop
2024-05-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Meet up with Wenatchee Outdoors Board President Ben Edwards for a casual bike ride around the Apple Capital Loop Trail. Meet at Pybus and bike the full 10-mile loop. We may stop at a local watering hole at the end.
