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Eightmile Lake

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A fun, intermediate hike suitable for families with older children. The trail climbs to a pretty lake nestled at the base of impressive peaks in the Alpine Wilderness. The lake is great for swimming and fishing and has several sites... Read More...

Snow Creek Wall-Plotz Style

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By John Plotz Despite the quality of its granite and the length of its routes, Snow Creek Wall has a limited season when the climbing is truly great. From June through August, it’s typically way too hot on this wall... Read More...

Snow Creek Wall-Outer Space

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Snow Creek Wall is an 800-vertical-foot granite wall near Leavenworth that is Central Washington’s tallest ‘crag’ and offers climbs between six and eight pitches in length. Crag is a bit of misnomer here because the base of the wall is... Read More...

Icicle Ridge-Intermediate Option

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Photo: Wedge Mountain and Leavenworth as seen from Icicle Ridge in April. Attractions: An easily accessed hike right out the back door of Leavenworth with excellent views down on the Wenatchee River, Icicle Creek, and (as you get higher)  the Tumwater... Read More...

Hatchery Creek

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A steady climb with rewarding views of the surrounding mountains and the Wenatchee River. Activity: Hiking Nearest Town: Leavenworth Skill Level: 2 Fitness Level: 3 Distance: About 13 miles, or as an 18-mile (round trip) backpacking trip to Lake August. Uses Allowed:... Read More...

Edna, Lake

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(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...

Chatter Creek Basin

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The Chatter Creek Trail climbs steeply from the Icicle Creek Valley up through forests of Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir into the sub alpine zone of Icicle Ridge with its granite crags and larch glades. Along the way you have... Read More...

Condor Buttress-Condoraphamine Addiction

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Summitpost.org details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Condorphamine Addiction is a high quality 7 pitch 5.10B slab climb put up by Leland Windham in the year 2000. The route follows... Read More...

Icicle Canyon-Crack du Jour

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Ten of us from the Wednesday-Night-on-the-Rocks climbing group assembled this week at Crack du Jour to test-drive this new crag listed in the newest version of the Leavenworth Rock guidebook. The crag has a combination of one-pitch climbs on quality granite.... Read More...

Givler’s Dome

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Givler’s Crack on Givler’s Dome is an Icicle classic and one of the most popular climbs around Leavenworth. It’s a beautiful hand crack with a few 5.8 moves that generally feels more like a 5.7 climb. The dome is easily... Read More...

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