Wenatchee Outdoors

River Clean-Up by Foot
2022-04-16 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
River Clean-Up by Foot
Saturday, April 16th 10am-12pm @ WRI (Wenatchee River Institute)
Join us this spring to clean up along the Wenatchee River! April is a great time of year for this work since we’ll be able to remove any garbage that has accumulated over the winter before the snow melts and the river rises to levels that will wash things downstream. No registration is required, just meet at WRI’s parking lot at 10am and you may leave whenever you’d like.
For more information and updates, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/04/16/river-clean-up-by-foot/370897

Cascades Track & Sign Evaluation w/ David Moskowitz
2022-04-16 09:00 - 2022-04-17 16:00
Cascades Track and Sign Evaluation with David Moskowitz
Saturday and Sunday, April 16th & 17th 9am-4pm @ WRI
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. CyberTracker classes provide an opportunity for quality, focused learning from some of the best trackers in the country. For more detail and registration, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/04/17/cascades-track-and-sign-evaluation-with-david-moskowitz/358966.

Chelan Earth Day Fair!
2022-04-16
Sat. Apr. 16 Chelan Earth Day Fair.
Inquire about volunteering by emailing contactus@chelanearthdayfair.org

Don’t miss this fun family friendly event!
Saturday, April 16th, 2022 In-person fair this year!

What we’ve had at previous fairs

Garden Center
Book Sale
Children’s activities
DIY exhibitors
Music, and entertainment
Food
Educational displays/activities
Electric vehicles
Bike Rodeo & bike trip info
Solar oven baked cookies!
Emergency Preparedness
Forest Service/Fire ecology, Columbia Breaks Fire Interp. Ctr.

WSU Co-op extension
Chelan & Manson Fire district & EMS
Recycling, waste reduction, chlorine-free cleaners, cleaning alternatives, cooperative bulk buying
Local farms, gardening, farmers market, plant sales, Master Gardeners, composting, worm composting, Xeriscape, noxious weed abatement
Green Building materials & business information
Plastics and water bottle information
Landscape conservation/Land Trust, Cascadia Conservation District

Free Entrance Day to National Parks!
2022-04-16
Every April, during the presidentially proclaimed National Park Week, we join with the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, to celebrate America’s treasures. National Park Week is a time to explore amazing places, discover stories of history and culture, help out, and find your park.
Celebrate National Park Week 2022 with us April 16 to 24! Parks across the country will host a variety of special programs, events, and digital experiences. Entrance fees are waived on April 16 to kick off National Park Week and encourage everyone to enjoy their national parks.

Wenatchee Marathon
2022-04-16
GET your running shoes on! The Wenatchee races are going to happen on April 16th! Distances offered this year will be a Marathon, half-marathon, 10k and a 5k.
For more information click here.
TedDriven is committed to creating premier athletic events that inspire and celebrate the human race. We are a social purpose organization and invest profits into cancer research, cancer survivorship and local youth focused nonprofits.

Spring Saunter
2022-04-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-14 10:00 - 12:00
Spring Saunter
Thursdays and Fridays in April & May from 10am-12pm (April 14&15, 21&22, 28&29, May 5&6, 12)
Join the Wenatchee River Institute for a spring nature walk as the flower buds start to show and wildlife shake off the cold of winter. You will learn about the natural and cultural history of Leavenworth and the surrounding land with one of our knowledgeable naturalists. Registration is required beforehand.
Visit the website for more information and registration: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/seasonal-nature-walks.html

Steve Burchett Memorial with Mission Ridge
2022-04-15 - 2022-04-16
This event is hosted by Mission Ridge.
The 28th Annual Steve Burchett Memorial. All Proceeds go to the Burchett fund, helping to send patrollers to avalanche education events/workshops
Friday, April 15th
Golfing at Three Lakes

4 person Teams
$50 ea. / $200 team
12:00 registration, 1pm start

Saturday, April 16th
Skiing/Racing at Mission Ridge

9am registration/ lifts open
10am – dual slalom on Mimi
4 person teams
$65 pp/ $260 team
Poker Run
*BBQ at the Hampton Lodge – 12:00ish
Raffle
Souvenir piece (flylow gloves w/brand)

*Additional Poker hands available for $20
*BBQ only on Saturday for $20
How To Register
Registration must be made online. Team name is required at time of check out.
To register and for more information click here.

Botany Hike at Horse Lake
2022-04-14 09:00 - 14:00
This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust
Date: Thu, 04/14/2022

Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm

Location
Horse Lake Reserve Trailhead

Join Olivia, CDLT’s Botanist, for a mellow hike along the Old Ranch Road at Horse Lake Reserve.
We will aim to make it up to the western point of Glacier View trail, where we hope to see snow douglasia in bloom. We may also see blooming balsamroot, desert-parsleys, serviceberry, pussytoes, brodiaea, lupine, springbeauty, blue-eyed Mary, yellow bells, waterleaf, prairie-star, Oregon grape, bluebells, phlox, currant, and more. We will take a break around noon for lunch. No botanical experience needed; we will bring a plant list in case anyone is interested. We can walk and talk about plants, restoration, weed control, and/or whatever the people are interested in. Link to Horse Lake Reserve plant list: https://www.wnps.org/plant-lists/list?Horse_Lake_Reserve
Participants can expect a light to moderate hike with a total distance of 4.5 miles and 800 feet of elevation gain. This event is for all ages. There is a carpooling option from the end of the pavement up to the trailhead, please bring a mask if you plan to carpool.
Before you sign up, we recommend you read our Outdoor Volunteer Event COVID Safety Protocol.
*All work parties are weather and conditions dependent. Canceled work parties will be rescheduled if possible.
Questions? Please email Olivia Schilling, at olivia@cdlandtrust.org
For more information click here.

Monthly eBird Surveys at WRI
2022-04-13 08:00 - 09:30
Beginning Wednesday, March 9th (and go throughout the year) from 8-9:30am @ WRI
Join WRI’s knowledgeable naturalists on a birding survey around the WRI Campus! eBird is the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world. We will be utilizing it to record our observations of local wild birds. You will conduct four 15-minute stationary bird counts for an hour of birding. Total walking distance is ½ mile, over a gravel path with two moderate hills. All skill levels are welcome!
To learn more about our monthly eBird walks, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/seasonal-nature-walks.html

How Are Mountains Made?
2022-04-12 19:00 - 20:30
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute’s next Zoom program will be on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 PM. Dr. Ralph Haugerud, USGS/UW, will discuss, “How are mountains made? The origins of local relief in the North Cascades.”Mountains are made by uplift and erosion. In the North Cascades, folding, faulting, and granite intrusions thickened the crust about 105-50 million years ago. But the associated uplift probably eroded away fairly quickly. Volcanic activity created some modern high elevations, such as Mt Baker and Glacier Peak. Up-folding built other high areas, such as the Naneum Ridge anticline, which extends to the northwest through the Mt Stuart massif. Regional uplift probably has deeper causes.While we hypothesize the causes of uplift, the story of erosion is more obvious. During our talk, we will show evidence of several local erosional events in the North Cascades.Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84812873290?pwd=[REDACTED] ID: 84812873290Passcode: [REDACTED] sign in at 7:00 PM, April 12!
Contact information:Brent Cunderla, Chapter Presidentcunderla@nwi.net(509) 860-6067

Miles for Monarchs
2022-04-11, 2022-03-21
Community Science Project
Miles for Monarchs, an individual or team program from Monarch Joint Venture. Walk, bike, swim, paddle, and run for monarch conservation, February-November, 2022. Designed to engage participants in personal
wellness while supporting monarch conservation. A single monarch can fly 3,000 miles, so can we? Register, $10. Family teams welcome!

MRST Hill Climb
2022-04-09 16:30 - 19:30
Presented by Mission Ridge Ski Team
Location: Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort
We are excited to announce our first annual MRST Hill Climb! April 9 at 4:30pm. Skin up Chak Chak, ski down Sitkum. One or two lap options. Entry includes a ticket for a brat and beverage! $35 for one lap, $45 for two.
Come and enjoy the fun! We will have some fun prizes to hand out too!
For more information click here.

Science Saturdays: Owl Pellet Dissection
2022-04-09 10:30 - 15:30
This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 9 is Owl Pellet Dissection. Owls swallow their prey whole, but cannot fully digest some items such as bones and teeth. These indigestible items are then compacted into a pellet that the owl spits out. We can learn a lot about owls and their diets by dissecting these pellets. In this Science on Saturday program, you’ll be able to dissect an owl pellet and investigate for yourself what they ate. You’ll begin to identify the indigestible pieces left behind in the pellet and learn to categorize them. These pellets have been sterilized so that we can have safe fun learning the science behind owl pellets.
This class is recommended for kids 10 and up. Each child needs to have an adult present. Preregistration is not required, but encouraged as there are a limited number of spots which will be filled first-come, first-served while supplies last.
Cost is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers
This class will be offered at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM and 2 PM.

Sage Hills Trail Maintenance
2022-04-09 09:00 - 12:00
Sage Hills Trail MaintenanceHosted by Chelan-Douglas Land TrustLocation: Sage Hills TrailheadJoin us at one of two locations for annual spring maintenance of the lower Sage Hills trail. This work will be light to moderate and involve hiking 2-3 miles and using hand tools such as hoes and McLeods along the way. In order to accommodate more people, and to get more work done, we will be splitting the volunteers between two different meeting locations.For more information, follow this link. https://www.cdlandtrust.org/outings-events/events/trail-maintenance-sage-hills

Flamingo Days at Mission Ridge
2022-04-09 - 2022-04-10
Mission Ridge is sending off the season in style with Flamingo Days, their season-ending tradition that is on the last two operating days of the season every year. There is the potential this date may change, depending on conditions. If the season is extended, Retro Days will be on this weekend. Join in on the Flamingo Scavenger hunt for your chance to win a 2022/2023 Premier Pass. One lucky flamingo hunter will be rewarded each day with a season pass for next year, and there are tons of other prizes to pick up as well.
Dust off your best neon ski gear and help us send off the season in style. Soak up some sun while you search for the plastic flamingos with numbers on them hidden around the mountain.
Each flamingo is numbered and has a prize associated with it, and the Grand Prize for the Flamingo Scavenger hunt is a 2022/2023 Season Pass! Other prizes include Mission Ridge gear, hats, shirts, candy, and more!
Saturday:

Turn in Your Flamingos at the Wenatchee Express garage by Midway. Opens at 10 am – Close (or when all the Flamingos are turned in)
Flamingo Scavenger Hunt 9 am until 2 pm.
Amazing Retro and/or Flamingo-themed costumes all day.

Sunday:

Turn in Your Flamingos at the Wenatchee Express garage by Midway. Opens at 10 am – Close (or when all the Flamingos are turned in)
Flamingo Scavenger Hunt 9 am until they are all found, or 2 pm, whatever comes first.
Amazing Retro and/or Flamingo-themed costumes all day.

For more information click here.

A Year in the Lives of North American Owls
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:30
Environmental Film & Lecture Series: Paul Bannick: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Program will feature video, sound, stories from the field, and images from the new book, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Check the Wenatchee Valley Museum website for presentation mode and registration instructions.

Yoga Basics with Dianne
2022-04-06 10:00 - 11:00
This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center
Yoga Basics with Dianne
Wednesdays in April at 10 am – April 6, 13, 20, 27
Wells House 801 Nelson Ave (located on the Wenatchee Valley College Campus)
$40 for four-week series/members $50/non-members
Improve your flexibility, balance, strength, and relaxation using basic yoga postures and breathing techniques while enjoying the charm of the historic and beautiful Wells House.
Dianne McCammon will lead this small, adults-only yoga series. Yoga Basics is slower-paced and focuses on developing a clear and safe alignment of fundamental postures. This series of classes is designed for beginners, those recovering from injury or anyone wanting to refine their current practice. Come learn, play, and maybe even break a sweat in a supportive environment. All bodies are welcome.
Dianne is certified at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance and is a Registered Yoga Therapist with International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Please bring your mat and water. Space is limited. We will be following health and safety guidelines issued by the Chelan Douglas Health District and the State of Washington, including facemasks if mandated.

An Introduction to Lichens
2022-04-05 18:30 - 20:00
An Introduction to Lichens
Hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute
In this hands-on workshop, you will create your own lichen ID chart using local specimens. You will discover that there are lichens all around you. Winter is a great time to see them too, as wind and snow knock them out of trees and there are fewer leaves to hide them in trees and shrubs. You may even find that a single branch has five or more species. With your chart you will get better acquainted with them and you will learn what to look for when using lichen identification guides.
More information and registration: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/workshops.html

Workshop: The Families of Flora Hour - Five Families
2022-04-04 16:00 - 17:00
Workshop: The Families of Flora Hour – Five Families
Description

4 one-hour webinars that provide in-depth coverage of one or two families each session, along with discussion of important identification characters of common genera and species in Washington’s flora.
With Host, David Giblin
Times and Dates: 4:00-5:00, April 4, 6, 11, 13
Format: PowerPoint presentation summarizing diagnostic features of each family along with supporting photos; brief discussion of evolutionary context of each family (e.g., closely related families, whether primitive or derived); a review of generic keys in Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd edition for families covered. Emphasis is placed on explaining and recognizing important characters used in the keys, with special focus on large or difficult genera within each family. This program is provided by zoom webinar, and recordings will be available for student review for 3 weeks following the last program date.
Families covered: Ferns and Fern Allies, Liliaceae (broad sense), Ranunculuceae, Polygonaceae/Grossulariaceae
Prerequisites – knowledge of basic vegetative (e.g, stipules, prickles) and reproductive (e.g., corolla, inferior ovary, bilateral symmetry) plant morphology; familiarity with how to use a dichotomous key; familiarity with the differences between the terms family, genus, and species.
Recommended text: Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd edition
David Giblin, PhD., Collections Manager at the UW Herbarium at the Burke Museum
Cost for all four sessions – $50.00
Register to attend here: https://www.wnps.org/events/family-of-flora-hour-five-families

Vermicomposting
2022-04-02 10:30 - 12:00
Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 AM is our composting class! Join us together with Betsy and Jana from Sustainable Wenatchee for this class on vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a great way to learn the basics of indoor composting, using Red Wiggler worms to create nutrient-rich worm castings and compost. In this class, we will make an indoor compost bin and learn what to put in our compost, and how to keep your worms happy and healthy.
The recommended age for this class is 8 and older, and each child will need to be accompanied by an adult as we will be using a drill to create holes in our compost bin.
Cost is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Registration is required and will close at noon on April 1st.

Tour de Blues
2022-04-02 - 2022-04-03
This event takes place at Mission Ridge
Tour de Blues Presented By PEPSI is all about getting out with your family and friends and exploring Mission Ridge! Spend the weekend skiing and riding all the blue runs on the mountain. Then turn in your punch card when you finish all the blue runs or are finished for the day to the admin office. We will do a random drawing from the entries starting at 2:30 PM and notify the winners via our website and social media on Sunday at 3:30 PM.
How does the event work?

Register at the Guest Services desk inside the Hampton Lodge and pick up your trail punch card.
Ski or snowboard as many of the blue runs as you can on Saturday and Sunday.
Turn your trail punch card into the Guest Services desk in the lower level of the Hampton Lodge before 2:00 pm on Sunday.
We will post the Tour de Blues prize drawing winners Sunday at 3:30 pm and announce the winners on our Website and Social Media Channels. If you aren’t present that day to pick up your prize, we will hold them at the admin office for two weeks.
Win awesome prizes

For more information click here.

Intro to Wildlife Tracking Class
2022-03-26 09:00 - 2022-03-27 16:00
Intro to Wildlife Tracking Class
Saturday and Sunday, March 26th & 27th 9am-4pm @ WRI
WRI (Wenatchee River Institute) invites you to join us for a weekend introduction to the language of wildlife tracking. Throughout the weekend, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how to identify and interpret the commonly left tracks and sign of the birds, mammals, and insects of our region. For more detail and registration, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/27/intro-to-wildlife-tracking-class/368492

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
2022-03-25 - 2022-03-27
For over two decades we have celebrated the annual return of nearly 35,000 sand hill cranes to Othello, Washington every March as they migrate north to their breeding grounds in Alaska. The Festival offers an incredible opportunity to view the cranes up-close, with tours led by local experts. The Festival also boasts other specialty tours of the flora, fauna and geology of the area, and many lectures, as well as children’s activities.
The Festival has grown over the years with returning participants attending from across the country.
For more information click here.

Hiking Washington's History
2022-03-24 19:00 - 20:00
Red Barn Event: Hiking Washington’s History
Thursday, March 24th 7-8pm @ Red Barn, WRI
Join WRI for an evening with author, Judy Bentley to hear about her book, Hiking Washington’s History. Bentley will describe some of these ancient and more recent paths now preserved, restored, and maintained for hiking. Her talk and slides will draw from 44 historic hikes! For more detail and updates, check the website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/24/red-barn-event-hiking-washington-s-history/368352.

Think You Know the North Cascades? A Natural History Trivia Challenge with Gina
2022-03-23 19:00 - 20:30
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Join us for a fun night on Zoom and put your natural history trivia skills to the test! We’re hosting a live, interactive game show in which we break up into teams, compete for prizes and deepen our understanding of the natural history of the North Cascades. This game show will take you on a whimsical journey of unexpected learning and fun.
Expand your knowledge about the oldest, puzzling, most economically valuable, famous, glimmery rocks, birds, insects and mushrooms in the North Cascades… and everything in-between! This 2-hour online gathering is structured around a group trivia challenge with scientific expertise, commentary and discussion facilitated by the inimitable Gina Roberti, an Institute Graduate M.Ed. alumnus currently working at the Mount St. Helens Institute.
To register click here.

NCW Hummingbird Project
2022-03-20
North Central Washington Hummingbird Project. Volunteer to conduct a vernal solstice hummingbird monitoring observation in your yard. Surveys occur on solstice and equinox dates. Each survey is one hour long. All the data collected is entered into eBird to help advance the knowledge about Anna’s range expansion and biology. You can find out more about this project by clicking here to access a background paper. The NCWAS Hummingbird page contains additional hummingbird resources. Project contacts: Bruce McCammon or Susan Ballinger.

Discover Pass Free Day!
2022-03-19
Washington State Parks has designated the free days in 2022 when visitors will not need a Discover Pass to park at state parks and on recreation lands managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
For more information click here.
Saturday, March 19 – Washington State Parks’ birthday

Gear Repair Cafe
2022-03-17 17:00 - 20:00
Save the Date! And your old and broken gear. Waste Loop and @colchuckconsignment are partnering again for a Gear Repair Cafe on Thursday March 17th from 5-8pm.

Do you have outdoor gear that needs fixing? What about skills or tools that could help fix things? Or do you want to learn some new DIY repair skills? Gear Repair Cafes are a chance to keep old and broken gear and garments out of the landfill by fixing or upcycling them. Materials and tools will be available but please bring any extras you have that could fix your gear or someone else’s! This free community event is all about helping each other out and building community while keeping our gear functioning and out of the landfill.

Educational demos will be happening throughout the night on topics such as:

-Patching and zippers 101
-Changing a bike flat
-Drysuit gasket repair
-Proper seasonal storage for skis

If you’d like to volunteer as a fixer for this event please send us a dm or email at contact@wasteloop.org
For more information click here.
