Wenatchee Outdoors

Chelan County Emergency Planning-Leavenworth
2024-10-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The Chelan County Department of Natural Resources and the Cascadia Conservation District are hosting two public workshops to provide information about the latest updates to the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Both events are on Thursday, October 3, 2024
Wenatchee: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM at Wenatchee City Hall
Leavenworth: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at Leavenworth City Hall
Both sessions will cover the same crucial topics related to preparation for and response to natural hazards such as wildfire, earthquakes, and floods.
Your participation is important in helping local agencies and governments in building a safer, more resilient Chelan County. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard and help protect our community.
For more information about this emergency planning effort, please click here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/428e2320e1614442806fce536f65ffa7?item=1
There is also a survey that the agencies and other partners involved in the preparation of the plans would like you to take. Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChelanHMPandCWPP
We hope to see you on October 3rd.
Board of Directors
Residents Coalition of Chelan County (RC3)

Chelan County Emergency Planning-Wenatchee
2024-10-03 13:00 - 15:30 | WA

Save the Date: Sunset & S'mores
2024-10-02 17:30 - 19:30 | WA
Save the date for our 3rd annual Sunset & S’mores!

Come gather with us at WRI for an evening of food and s’more fun! Jump into fall with us as the evening light fades and the stars come out. Join us for a camp meal from Ravenous Catering, drinks, live music, and an exciting raffle! Socialize with fellow WRI supporters, board members, staff, and students. This is a family friendly event. This event will be outdoors on the WRI River Haus Lawn (as weather permits).

Registration information will be released closer to the event. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to gathering together!

Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible: NCW Audubon Society, Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, Ludwig’s German Restaurant, Leavenworth / Pine Village KOA, Icicle Brewing Company, Obertal Inn, South Restaurants, München Haus, Gustav’s, Rhein Haus, Leavenworth Outdoor Center, Winton Manufacturing, Adobe Express, and Cashmere Mountain Bed & Breakfast.

Wenatchee Run Club
2024-10-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-11 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

WenOut Tuesday Series-River Walk Starting at Pybus
2024-10-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Join WenOut team member Rebecca for a fun and leisurely walk along the loop trail. Meet outside of Pybus on the South Plaza of the Pybus Public Market at the top of the stairs to the loop trail. The walk will be about 3 miles on the Apple Capital Loop trail, out 1.5 miles and back 1.5 miles, meeting and ending at Pybus. RSVP at the button below. Looking forward to having you join us!

Adaptive Cycling
2024-09-28 11:00 - 15:00 | WA
This event will be held at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee.
These events are FREE and open to everyone in our community ages 5 to 105+ with cognitive, physical, and/or sensory disabilities. Outdoors for All will be providing a variety of adaptive bikes including handcycles, trikes, recumbents and tandems for participants to ride on the Loop Trail. We will not be scheduling specific appointments so participants can ride at any time during event hours.
Please note: events will be cancelled if the Air Quality Index is > 150 per airnow.gov.
These events are made possible by the generous donors to the Confluence Health Foundation and are part of our new adaptive cycling program.
For more information contact:
Erin.Keeley@ConfluenceHealth.org
ConfluenceHealthFoundation.org

Discover Pass Free Day!
2024-09-28 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
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

WSU Master Gardener Virtual Conference
2024-09-27 08:00 - 2024-09-28 17:00 | WA
The virtual 2024 advanced education conference, Gardening in a Changing Climate, provides exceptional opportunities with high-quality classes and instructors. WSU Extension Master Gardeners earn continuing education hours improving their ability to teach sustainable horticulture skills across Washington. The conference features 35 live and recorded classes, focusing on research-based gardening and environmental stewardship practices, which address nine program priorities and support Extension Master Gardener leadership skills.The conference is open to the public.

The WSU Extension Master Gardener Program and Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State intends this virtual platform to provide a harmonious blend of affordability and accessibility that enables conference attendees to benefit from the wealth of research-based knowledge and expertise shared during the event.

CDLT Member Event: Lunch & Learn
2024-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 | WA
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We are looking forward to welcoming you, either in person or via Zoom, at the next CDLT Lunch and Learn event. The presentation is “Understanding P’squosa History” and will be led by historian and author E. Richard Hart. He will be speaking on the history of local tribes and their fortitude to continue to advocate and push for their rights that were taken away from them.
Date: Wednesday, September 25th
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Chelan-Douglas Land Trust Office, 18 N. Wenatchee Ave.
Virtual Option: Zoom Link coming soon
A light lunch will be provided or feel free to bring your own.
About Richard:
E. Richard Hart is a historian and expert in ethnohistorical and environmental historical research, specializing in the history and rights of North American Tribes. As the former Executive Director of the Institute of the North American West, he has made significant contributions to the field through his authorship and editing of eleven books, including the acclaimed “Lost Homeland: The Methow Tribe and the Columbia Reservation.” Hart has provided expert testimony before the U.S. Congress and has served as an expert witness for Native American Tribes across the United States and Canada. His deep commitment to tribal history is further reflected in his long-term residence in Winthrop, where he actively participated in the Methow Conservancy, including a term as the nonprofit’s chair. Hart currently resides in Wenatchee, continuing his dedication to the preservation and advocacy of Native American history.

Let us know if you will join us via zoom or in-person HERE!

PVAW End of the Season Dinner
2024-09-25 00:00 - 23:59 | WA
End of the Season Dinner

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.

Leavenworth Winter Sports Club-Seth Garrido
2024-09-25 00:00 | WA
Date: 9/25/24
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Ski Hill Lodge
“Bringing the tree back to country, one classic hit at a time.”
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Plant Foraging Series: Elderberry
2024-09-24 18:00 | WA
When: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm7:30 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 fall workshop will be with local herbalist Kyra Skaggs. The class is designed to instruct you on foraging and harvesting elderberries and what you can make with them. This will be a hands-on class to become more familiar with this plant.
Kyra owns and operates Balsamroot Botanicals, a small herbal medicine business focused on making high quality medicines and body care products using locally wildcrafted herbs. She grew up exploring the wildlands of the Pacific Northwest and has always had a special love for plants. Following this passion for plants and the outdoors, she received a BA in Environmental Education from Western Washington University in 2016 and completed a clinical herbalism program with Wildroot Botanicals in 2020. She started Balsamroot Botanicals in 2022 because she is passionate about using plant medicine to help others take ownership of their health and deepen their connection to the world around them.
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-Intro to Trail Running
2024-09-24 17:30 - 18:30 | Jacobson Preserve Trail, 1811 Skyline Dr, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Interested in trying out trail running? This event is for you! We were born to walk. Trail running is simply walking at a slightly faster pace on slightly uneven ground. This requires a little more coordination, which is what we’ll focus on as we explore the lower Jacobsen trails. Nothing fancy is required for this event. Wear your footwear of choice and come ready to have a great time!

Kula Yoga at Ohme Gardens
2024-09-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-15 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
This event is hosted by Kula Hot Yoga.

This month we will be having Yin 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.

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.

Dark Side Festival-Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
2024-09-21 00:00 - 23:59 | WA
Come to the Darkside Saturday September 21, 2024!
Central Evergreen is excited to bring back and expand upon one of our local favorites, The Darkside Festival, Sept 20-22 at Squilchuck State Park for a weekend of Mtn Bike Racing, Trail Running, Nighttime Adventures, and a BEER GARDEN! Camping, Bike Demos, and Food Trucks await!
Location: Squilchuck State Park

Directions: From Wenatchee head South on S Mission St which becomes Squilchuck Rd, follow the signs for Mission Ridge Ski area. About 7 miles from wenatchee turn left into Squilchuck state park.

Please note: A Washington State Discover Pass is required at Squilchuck State Park.

Address: 6431-6499 Squilchuck Rd, Wenatchee, WA 98801, USA

Keep updated here!
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Ohme Gardens-Movie in the Gardens Disney's Elemental
2024-09-20 19:00 | WA
Step into the enchanting world of Disney’s Elemental and embark on unforgettable adventures alongside magical characters. Let your imagination soar as you explore a world filled with wonder and excitement. Get ready to be captivated by the magic – join us on this extraordinary journey today!
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Soul Of the Skagit: Climate Change, Conservation and Connection-Online
2024-09-18 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Instructor: Christain Murillo

The Skagit River is one of the great natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest. It’s watershed is the 2nd largest in Washington State and the largest in the Puget Sound Basin, contributing more than 30 percent of all the water that fills the deep trough of the Sound, nearly 10 billion gallons every single day.

The Skagit is around 120 miles long and drains over 3,100 square miles, including land in its headwaters in British Columbia. The USGS estimates that the Skagit River transports 2.8 million tons of sediment every year, delivering about 40 percent of all fluvial sediment entering the Sound at its’ North and South Forks deltas on Skagit Bay. The river’s estuary is the wintering home to a profound number and variety of migratory bird life, while the wild mosaic of marshes, farmlands, eelgrass beds, beaches and sloughs create habitat for a whopping 80% of western Washington’s waterfowl and 70% of the shorebird population.

Join photographer and author Christian Murillo for a 75-minute storytelling and Q+A session. Murillo will share stories from throughout the Skagit River Watershed, all the way from the glacial headwaters to the delta and the Salish Sea beyond.

We will explore how climate change, conservation and our relationship with the natural world can benefit from our understanding of the Skagits ecological interconnectedness.

Whether you have lived in this great watershed your whole life, or know next to nothing about it, you will certainly learn why they call our local valley “The Magic Skagit,” as well as a new way of looking at the natural world.

Leavenworth Winter Sports Club-Given to Fly
2024-09-18 18:00 | WA
Date: 9/18/24
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Ski Hill Lodge Leavenworth
Given To Fly is a Wenatchee, Washington, based regional band. Our play list includes a diverse set of music ranging from old to new country, classic rock and lots of 90’s to current songs. We play with vocals and guitar for small venues, add Cajon for medium sized venues and all out with bass guitar for larger events.
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PVAW Dry Foraged Plant Arrangements
2024-09-18 00:00 - 23:59 | WA
Dry Foraged Plant Arrangements. Julie England shares her talents!

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.

WenOut Tuesday Series-River Walk Starting at Pybus
2024-09-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Join WenOut team member Jena for a fun and leisurely walk along the loop trail. Meet outside of Pybus on the South Plaza of the Pybus Public Market, at the top of the stairs to the loop trail. 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!

City of Wenatchee Movies in the Park
2024-09-14 19:30 | WA
Finish the summer with our FREE movies in the park brought to you by the Abel Mendez Agency of Farmers Insurance and
Goodfellow Bros. It’s just like the drive-in except without the car!
So bring a blanket and the entire family for games and a lot of fun!
Where: Lincoln Park
When: September 14
Time: 7:30 pm
Movie: Migration

Hike for Health Series-September
2024-09-14 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Location: Cashmere Canyon Preserve
Connecting with nature aids our physical, mental, and emotional health. Join CDLT and CVCH on a Hike for your Health, on Saturday, September 14th. This 8-month series of Saturday morning outings will take you to different areas in North Central Washington where you can connect to nature for FREE. A guided walk is offered for every event in the series. Arrive anytime between 7 am-9 am to walk the trails and receive a raffle ticket entry to win amazing health focused prizes. The guided walk for this date will begin at 7:15 am and end at 9:00 am. During the guided walk you will learn about the area’s plants, wildlife, and history. The event is open to all ages and will be led in English and Spanish. You do not have to participate in the guided walk to receive a raffle ticket entry.
September will take you up the Wenatchee River Valley to Cashmere Canyons Preserve in Cashmere, WA. This walk will be 3 miles and 762 feet of elevation gain on a wide dirt trail. Registration is not necessary to participate, but it is appreciated. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email.
✨If you have any questions please contact Elisa Lopez, Engagement Manager, at elisa@cdlandtrust.org or 509-667-9608
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CDLT Member Event: Salmon Viewing Driving Tour
2024-09-14 08:00 - 13:00 | WA
Location: Wenatchee River Watershed
Salmon return to the place they were born, to mate and spawn before they die. On this driving tour hosted by the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust you’ll visit three locations to observe and learn about the stages of a salmon’s life and how you’ve helped protect their home. The first location will be the Swiftwater Picnic Area near Leavenworth. We’ll then drive to the Napeequa Crossing Campground along the White River. For our final destination, we’ll head to Nason Creek near Lake Wenatchee.
Education for this event will be bilingual in English and Spanish. Cascade Fisheries’, Jen Herdmann, will join us and share about the amazing world of salmon and how they need our help. Transportation is provided for 14 CDLT members.
Registration required, limited to 14 people, all ages are welcome.
Trail difficulty: easy, about 1-mile walking
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Elisa Lopez, CDLT’s Engagement Manager at elisa@cdlandtrust.org 509-667-9708.
If you are not a CDLT member, check out how to become one here!

Stewarding the Land Through Sustainable Gardening
2024-09-13 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
When:Friday, September 13, 2024
Time: 9:00 am-11:00 am

Where: 347 Division St., Leavenworth, WA 98826

Registration required, follow the link below to join.
This program is part of the Sustainable Living and Farming Tour in partnership with the Waste Loop which aims to educate, inspire & motivate action within the community to work towards a more sustainable future in which we are more connected with the natural world around us.
Come along on a tour of the many gardens on the stewarded land of Wenatchee River Institute. We’ll start in the E. Lorene Young Community Garden to learn about how a donated plot of land can turn into a bounty of food for a community. Next, we’ll walk the 13-acres that WRI uses for environmental education. Learn about noxious weeds, the benefits of native plants for humans and animals, and how to create a biodiverse native plant Heritage Garden at your own home. Participants will get a noxious weed ID booklet, a list of beautiful, pollinator attracting native plants for the home garden, and a pack of native wildflower seeds to jumpstart your own Heritage Garden.
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Film & Speaker Series Presents: The West is Burning
2024-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
The 2024-25 Film and Speaker Series presents: The West is Burning
The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center is partnering alongside the U.S. Forest Service to host a screening of The West is Burning on Thursday, Sep. 12, 7-9 PM.
The West is Burning raises awareness about the conditions of forests in the western U.S. Told through a full-feature documentary, we examine the history of forest management and litigation that led to the current conditions causing catastrophic fires year-round.
Funds from this event support the Museum’s mission-serving programs, including featured exhibits, MakerSpace, robotics clubs, field trips, student scholarships, community cultural events, film and speaker series, and collection restorations.
Watch the full trailer for this film here.
Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Registration is recommended and can be found here.
The 2024-25 Film and Speaker Series is sponsored by Gesa Credit Union. This screening of The West is Burning is sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you to the following organizations for also supporting this screening:
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Department of Natural Resources, Wenatchee CAFE, Cascadia Conservation District, Wenatchee Valley Fire, Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, and Chelan-Douglas Health Department.

Birding by the River
2024-09-11 08:00 - 09:30 | WA
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: beginnerTrail is wide enough for ADA access, but trails are gravelBathrooms 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.
