Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center On April 16, 2019, three climbers went missing on Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies. Two had received at least one prestigious Piolet d’Or international mountaineering award, and the third nominated multiple times. All were members of the elite North Face athlete team. Early the next morning, the Canadian Park service dispatched a search and rescue helicopter. They spotted evidence of a tragedy in avalanche debris at the base of the east face. […]

Beginner Bird Walks with Wenatchee River Institute November 9th, December 14th (every second Wednesday of the month) 8am-9:30am @ WRI Join WRI for a birding walk around the WRI campus! All birding experience levels are welcome. Loaner binoculars are available, too! You’ll also learn to use eBird, the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world. These walks happen once a month. Join for as many as you can! For more information click here.

Hosted by Chelan Douglas Land Trust Join us for trail maintenance at Horse Lake Reserve. We will be clearing drainages and water bars along selected trails at Horse Lake. This is our annual "preparing the trails for winter" maintenance. The event involves a nice 2-mile hike with a grubbing tool. We are happy to have both experienced and new volunteers. Most volunteer work can be adapted to include everyone. Please inquire at the contact below about possible adaptations to the […]

This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute Join us online for a FREE poetry reading with Washington State's Poet Laureate Rena Priest, the first Indigenous poet laureate of our Evergreen State. Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, and she earned degrees from Western Washington University and Sarah Lawrence College. Her literary debut, Patriarchy Blues, was honored with a 2018 American Book Award, and her second collection, Sublime Subliminal, was published as the finalist for the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. In […]

This event is hosted by Wenatchee River Institute HYBRID Event: In person at WRI’s Red Barn or virtual via Zoom Description: Join WRI for a Red Barn Event with professional snowboarder, Jeremy Jones! Jones will be discussing his new book, The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains. Jones is also the owner of Jones Snowboards and the founder of Protect our Winters. More information: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/11/12/red-barn-event-lessons-from-the-mountains-with-jeremy-jones/402716