Who: Hannah Kiser and Chelan Pauly – both 25 years old Wenatchee High School alumni with a love for science, the outdoors, and Type II fun. What: A 2,660 mile thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. Where: From the...Read More...
by Sarah Shaffer I am driving my second Subaru now. My first was an Outback and now I own a Forester. We all have our reasons we enjoy our vehicles, or reasons we don’t enjoy them but below are the...Read More...
by Andy Dappen A week ago, with the vernal equinox bearing down upon us, Tom Janisch and I searched for an appropriate destination to celebrate the day. Where better to sample some heat, we decided, than to ski Cannon Mountain...Read More...
RunWenatchee will host the Trails In Motion International Film Festival at 7 p.m., Friday, March 24, at the Numerica Performing Arts Center in downtown Wenatchee. The event features seven trail running films with such themes as perseverance and individual quirkiness,...Read More...
Attractions: The bike loop from Omak encompassing Riverside, the Tunk Valley, Crawfish Lake, Haden Creek, and finally the French Valley is a cross-bike classic taking in a diverse mixture of agricultural lands, sagebrush country, ranch lands, national forests, a mountain...Read More...
By James Moore With winter quickly receding, the rock in the Okanogan country is ready to climb. When is the best time to climb Okanogan rock? Now. That’s not the existential, timeless now, but right now at the end of...Read More...
Rendezvous Basin Loop words and photos by Mark WaechterAttractions. The Rendezvous Basin features this varied and entertaining 11-mile loop of single-track. The route alternates between open, airy forests of ponderosa pine and denser forests of Douglas firs, and yet it...Read More...
Attractions. South Chopaka Mountain rises directly above Chopaka Lake and has commanding view over the meandering Similkameen River flowing south out of Canada into the American Okanogan. The hike is quite varied with a pleasant double track jeep road taking you through stands...Read More...
Buck Mountain Ride By Matt Tangeman Ask a Methow Valley local for his/her go-to mountain bike ride, and there is a fair chance you’ll hear about, Buck Mountain. A balanced mixture of Forest Service Roads, jeep roads, and fantastic singletrack,...Read More...
Attractions: Topping out at 5,748 feet Omak Mountain is a giant hill that rises nearly 5,000 vertical feet above the town of Omak (840 feet). It’s also a hill whose sprawling slopes constitute nearly 100 square miles of the surrounding...Read More...
