Week of Events
Bike Week for Grades 5-8!
Bike Week for Grades 5-8!
The YMCA Presents-Bike Week for Grades 5-8. Bike Week July 8-12, 2019: This two-wheeled week is spent on our local biking trails with the Wenatchee Valley Velo Club. Learn how to safely ride and manage a bike, adhere to biking rules and laws, and maintain and clean trails. Bikes are available for those in need! Each morning, we’ll learn from our team of avid bikers in our community. In the afternoons, use your budget to choose the activities you want […]
Digital Tools for Naturalists
Digital Tools for Naturalists
July 13th: Digital Tools for Naturalists -- Highland Wonders field trip Offered by Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA) Many of us carry smartphones as cameras and for a few of our favorite apps, but are you curious about other apps that might help you explore the natural world? In the July 13th field trip, community members can learn more about how to make a phone or tablet into a suite of resources for identifying a wide variety of natural elements, from […]
Climbing & Mountain Bike Kids Camp Age 6-12
Climbing & Mountain Bike Kids Camp Age 6-12
Ages: 6-12 Location: Squilchuck State Park, Riverfront Rock Gym Date: July 8-12 Time: 9am-4pm Cost: $349 This event is hosted by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. What could be better than biking in the morning and climbing in the afternoon? Nothing! Kids ages 6-12 are invited to join us for 5-full days of awesomeness riding their bike and climbing in a safe and supportive environment. Morning session: From 9am to noon each day participants will be learning mountain bike skills such […]
Outdoor Skills & Ethics Workshop
Outdoor Skills & Ethics Workshop
The Bureau of Land Management and the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers will be presenting an interactive, hands-on workshop teaching participants to minimize impacts when recreating outdoors. Attendees will learn: How to prepare for your outdoor trips to minimize risk and impact. What to do when there’s no bathroom, why trash and dog poop should be packed out, and what to do with dirty dishwater. How to build a Leave No Trace campfire to prevent harming ecosystems. How to protect […]
Wenatchee to Leavenworth Geology Tour
Wenatchee to Leavenworth Geology Tour
Wenatchee Valley, Wenatchee to Leavenworth Geology Tour July 13 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm $40 – $45 Brent Cunderla will take you on a tour from Wenatchee to Leavenworth that will highlight the different rock types and geologic processes that occurred over the last 100 million years. The Wenatchee Valley is unique in that all three major rock types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary occur here. Numerous examples of these three rock groups will be discussed and observed on the […]
BBQ & Trail Work Party
BBQ & Trail Work Party
Hosted by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Sweetwood BBQ Location: Canyon #2 We will be working to complete the new upper Stairway trail. Bring a bike! Meet at the Number 2 Canyon trail-head parking lot. Work party will conclude with a BBQ provided by Sweetwood BBQ! DATE: July 13th, 2019 | TIME: 9 AM - 1 PM LOCATION: No. 2 Canyon (PARK AT THE CLOSED GATE ON NO. 2 ROAD) WHAT TO BRING: Long Pants, Gloves, Water, Snacks (Tools Will […]