The Wenatchee YMCA Presents-Hike Prep Program for Grades 5-8 May 20-June 28, Mon/Weds 5:30-6:30 pm Come join our specialty small group training program and get prepared for exploring our area trails! This program covers strength and cardiovascular endurance specific to hiking trails, equipment suggestions, a permit list, and a list of trails with varying levels of difficulty. 12 one hour sessions Accountability, comradery and fun Lead by a Certified Personal trainer Group HIKE at the completion of the program Member […]

Tuesday 6:30am-11am $12 day pass with gear included (Harness & Shoes). A great way to meet new climbing partners!

The Wenatchee YMCA Presents-Hike Prep Program for Grades 5-8 May 20-June 28, Mon/Weds 5:30-6:30 pm Come join our specialty small group training program and get prepared for exploring our area trails! This program covers strength and cardiovascular endurance specific to hiking trails, equipment suggestions, a permit list, and a list of trails with varying levels of difficulty. 12 one hour sessions Accountability, comradery and fun Lead by a Certified Personal trainer Group HIKE at the completion of the program Member […]

WRI Red Barn Speaker Event, May 29, 2019, 7PM (doors open 6:30PM) Red Barn speaker event, A History of Salmon Decline in the Columbia River with Jason Lundgren On Wed., May 29thin the Wenatchee River Institute’s Red Barn, Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group’s (CCFEG) Executive Director Jason Lundgren, will present A History of Salmon Decline in the Columbia River. Doors will open at 6:30pm for community social and no-host refreshments, with the presentation beginning at 7pm. Human activities, including salmon […]

Come join the iconic Red Devil Challenge Trail Runs — distances of 50K, 25K and 10K — on June 1 in the Wenatchee National Forest south of Cashmere. The three runs are held on well-maintained trails, with excellent course support from a cadre of volunteers and course marshals. Proceeds benefit Chelan County Mountain Rescue. Each Red Devil participant will receive an eco-friendly finishers shirt; discounts at a post-race party at Milepost 111 Brewing Co. in Cashmere; and other goodies. A […]

The Apple Century Bike Ride is fully supported recreational ride with water/food stations and sag wagons. We will start in Wenatchee at Pybus Public Market, then follow along the scenic Wenatchee River as it winds through Monitor, Cashmere, Dryden and Peshastin until you reach Leavenworth. The 100-milers will continue on, to the Lake Wenatchee Fire Staton where they will turn around for the trip back to Pybus Public Market.  Scenery includes high sage desert, lush orchards and vineyards, cool and […]

May 1 and 18, June 1 and 15, 8:00 – 9:30 am – Sleeping Lady Bird Walk – Join retired wildlife biologist, nature journalist and artist, Heather Murphy for our free, informative walk; and earn your Sleeping Lady Birder patch. Over the past 31 years she has recorded 109 species of birds in the Sleeping Lady area, which is documented in the Citizen Science eBird program at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Tour is free to the public. Meet at 8:00 am at the gazebo in […]

Grand Coulee Geology Tour June 1 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm $40 – $45 Brent Cunderla will take you on a tour of the Grand Coulee Ice Age Floods tour loop which begins in Soap Lake and continues north to Lake Lenore Caves, Dry Falls Interpretive Center, Sims Corner, Electric City, Banks Lake, Northrup Canyon, Coulee City, Summer Falls, and Ephrata. Tour goers will meet at the Wenatchee Valley Museum to board a tour bus that will depart at […]