Speed on Snow Creek by Jacob Leonard A friend of mine (John Plotz) did Outer Space after work one day with another friend (Vern Nelson), completing RPM (RPM is the name of the route) and Outerspace (also the name of...Read More...
Banks Lake is an anomaly on several fronts. First, without extreme forces of nature and determined efforts of human engineering, this lake wouldn’t exist. Banks Lake sits in the upper Grand Coulee, a water-scoured drainage that saw dramatic sculpting as...Read More...
by Andy Dappen We were a week into our canoe trip down the Gataga River, a wilderness river in British Columbia, when I popped a “guy” question capable of spurring hours of discussion–what were their favorite canoeing accessories? Part 1 of this article...Read More...
Argonaut Peak, NW Arête Garrett Wolter and Edward Allison September 3-5, 2016 Eddie Allison and I climbed the NW Arête of Argonaut over Labor Day weekend. We originally planned to climb in the North Cascades but the weather forecast...Read More...
I’ve taken several multi-day trips this spring and summer with a Jetboil Stove, which like many lightweight stoves runs off canisters filled with a blended isopro fuel, and each time I pack I’m faced with the needling question of how...Read More...
Soap Lake: Paddling the Healing Waters by Andy Dappen Note: All the photos in this post were taken along the more scenic, western shoreline of the lake. It’s not on the list of our region’s best paddle trips, but both...Read More...
Paddling Lake Wenatchee by Andy Dappen For most of the summer, Lake Wenatchee would not be a paddler’s first pick for a relaxing outing. The shoreline and the waters of the lake itself bustle with city refugees who come to...Read More...
Mountain Connections By Adam Vognild On September 1, 2017 Chelan County Mountain Rescue Association Volunteers got the text at 4:30 a.m. that two personal locator beacons (PLBs) were deployed near the summit of Dragontail Peak in the Enchantments. I was...Read More...
by Sarah Shaffer The goal for myself and my family this spring and summer is to get out backpacking and camping as much as possible. This has to be accomplished weekend warrior style since some of us work the 9-5...Read More...
by Sarah Shaffer It was a sunny day on the biggest day of the year for water levels on the Wenatchee River. Over 17,000 cubic feet per second. Boom, it was going to be a big day, a day to...Read More...
