Purple Creek to Purple Pass

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Excellent views of Lake Chelan and the surrounding area. Maps: View our topo map below for more information. Note: use ‘Print Preview’ before printing to properly scale this map to a full sheet of paper. Activity: Hiking Nearest Town: Stehekin... Read More...

Pugh Ridge

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This scenic ridge separates the North Fork Entiat and South Fork Pyramid Creek valleys. The south approach to the ridge is a good early season hike, with slopes melted out clear to the ridgetop. Several blowdowns across the trail would... Read More...

Point 3641′ (Goman Ridge)

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Low on McKinstry Ridge, looking up at Goman Ridge. Point 3641’ (Goman Ridge) by Charlie Hickenbottom Unheralded Goman Ridge deserves a little more attention as a viewpoint and hiking destination. A bit north of Entiat, this north/south ridge separates tributaries... Read More...

Wenatchee Crest at Blewett Pass

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Photo: Diamond Head as seen from the Wenatchee Crest Want a taste of what the scenery along the Hog Loppet route is like without actually cross-country skiing or snowshoeing  that 19-mile route? Then ski or snowshoe the Wenatchee Crest west... Read More...

Tronsen Meadows-South

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ATTRACTIONS. The Tronsen Meadow Non-Motorized Winter Recreation Area, located just north of Blewett Pass, is a fabulous resource for snowshoers, Nordic skiers, backcountry skiers, and sledders. Snowshoers can explore many miles of snowed-over roads (and five to six square miles... Read More...

Tronsen & Bojangle Ridge

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Touring along Road 7230 brings you to multiple places where the view isn’t totally terrible. Forest Road 7230 occupies the same general neck of the woods as the Tronsen Road near Blewett Pass. This road system, however, receives far less fanfare... Read More...

Swakane Canyon-Rattlesnake Springs Road

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Matt Dahlgreen sent us this information about cross-country skiing Rattlesnake Springs Road (out of Swakane Canyon) on January 6, 2013. My wife and I cross-country skied up the Rattlesnake Springs Road leaving from Swakane Canyon. Right after a snowfall is... Read More...

Stevens Pass-Nordic Area

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  December 7, 2011. Stevens Pass Nordic is open on weekends now. Ed Callahan, a ski instructor at the Nordic Center, emailed to tell us the Nordic Center opened this past Saturday (December 3) with 28 K of groomed trails.... Read More...

Tronsen Meadows Trail

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Photo: Early morning light over the Blewett Pass surroundings (taken near Tronsen Head). ATTRACTIONS. The Tronsen Meadow Non-Motorized Winter Recreation Area, located just north of Blewett Pass, is a fabulous resource for skiers, snowshoers, and sledders. This is not a... Read More...

Latest Campfire Restrictions

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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Restricts Fires on Eastern Washington Lands OLYMPIA – The arrival of hot, dry weather has prompted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to restrict fires and other activities beginning July 1, 2016 on... Read More...

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