If you are spending any time this summer at the beach or on a lake, put stand-up paddle boarding on your to-do list. This aquatic sport just keeps rising in popularity. Stand-up paddleboarding, or SUP, is not only a unique...Read More...
The larches of Fern Lake Photos and Trip Details by Dave Morris. Attraction: A high (6,894’) and scenic lake rimmed by peaks that are nearly 8,000 feet tall. The final 1.5 miles of trail leading to the lake is a...Read More...
Freeman Keller strolls past the Rat Lakes with Edward Mesa behind him There’s always that crew of people who like to do things a little sideways. Tom Janisch, Mark Shipman, Freeman Keller and Bill Wicheta traversed the Enchantments crosswise to...Read More...
(Though this is actually a picture of Ida Lake, it is close to Edna in looks, location, and spelling) This trail climbs steeply from the Icicle Creek Valley up through forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir into the sub...Read More...
At just over 7000 feet elevation, Earl Peak is one of the highest in the area. Its peak—looking straight across Ingalls Creek to Argonaut, Colchuck, and Dragontail—places one nicely to view a stunning panorama the entire Stuart Range from Mount...Read More...
Photo by Matthew Tangeman. Scenery from Graham Mountain in early October. Attractions. The guidebook Day Hiking in the Central Cascades (Mountaineers Books) says this of the 2.5-mile hike up Crow Hill, “From one of the highest trailheads in the Central...Read More...
A peaceful, wooded hike that breaks out into an alpine lake basin with beautiful larch glades. The route follows a well-traveled trail through cool, shaded woods. The lake is a good launching point for longer trips in the basin...Read More...
While much of the Wenatchee Valley has been plagued by wildfires and smoke in fall 2012, Chester Marler, Jamie Tackman, and Zeke & Max Reister escaped to the Chiwaukums to clean out their lungs with some mountain air and a...Read More...
A beautiful 22-mile hike starting from Prince Creek, along Lake Chelan, climbing to the Chelan-Sawtooth Crest, and then descending back to Lake Chelan at the town of Stehekin. Map: View our topo map below (8.5’x11” portrait/landscape or 8.5”x14” portrait/landscape). Note: use ‘Print...Read More...
Saw my first wildflower of the season on a southwest-facing slope of Chelan Butte earlier this week. It wasn’t a Yellow Bell, as those first bloomers so often are, but a Desert Buttercup. My hike on Chelan Butte was quite...Read More...
