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0 0 votes Between a Rock and a Long Fall by Grace Peven on 06/16/2012 02:55 0 comments , 357 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock Tags: leavenworth, castle rock, rock climbing, mountaineering, bouldering Like a fish, hungry for outdoor sports, I eagerly took the bait when he offered to take me rock climbing. He’d been climbing for decades and it seemed foolish to pass up the lesson he was offering me. Having only a few climbing experiences under my belt, I wanted to learn more about this bizarre sport. read more
0 0 votes 10 Benefits of Trail Running: Motivation to Just Get Out by Heather Green on 11/06/2010 19:49 0 comments , 1113 views Browse by Category: Exercise/Training, Family Fun Tags: running, outdoors, trail, exercise Running is a great way to get outdoors and grab some exercise, but running on a road can only do so much for your body, mind and spirit. You’re thinking about traffic lights, cars, pedestrians, and other distractions that keep your attention off of your body’s relationship to the environment. You’re also breathing in city air full of exhaust, air pollution, and tar particles from the road; listening to noise pollution or your MP3 player; and ... read more
0 0 votes Battle of the Bikes - Update by W.O. Staff on 10/03/2010 03:01 0 comments , 769 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Biking-Mtn & Road, Features Tags: mission ridge, blewett pass, mountain biking, road riding, ellensburg to wenatchee, colockum pass Forty cyclists participated in the first Battle of the Bikes to see who could ride from Wenatchee to Ellensburg fastest...taking any route they wanted. Find out what happened... and see a slideshow of pictures taken by the teams. This article originally appeared at WenatcheeOutdoors.org, an affiliate of the JustGetOut network. read more
0 0 votes Peshastin Pinnacles - Rock Climbing by W.O. Staff on 04/30/2010 14:32 2 comments , 1152 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock Tags: cashmere, rock climbing, peshastin pinnacles, leaven worth The Peshastin Pinnacles isn't the best place in Central Washington to climb, but these crags offer beginner and intermediate climbers an excellent place to hone their craft. Furthermore, the scenery rocks! Use our guidebook info to climb here. read more
+1 1 vote Going Postal in the Sage Hills by W.O. Staff on 04/21/2010 13:40 0 comments , 786 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Hiking-Backpack, Biking-Mtn & Road, Trail Running Tags: sage hills foothills wenatchee outdoors trails run The postman pulled his delivery truck into our driveway. I trotted from the garage toward the truck. “Take your time,” the Postman yelled. I obeyed and slowed to a walk. As I approached, he nodded toward the green foothills basking in the sunshine and commented, “A day like this you just gotta enjoy.” read more
0 0 votes Sleeping Lady Images by W.O. Staff on 04/21/2010 12:57 0 comments , 1148 views Browse by Category: Photo Entries Tags: leavenworth outdoor photograhy sleeping lady Marc Dilley sent us two unique and beautiful photos of the Sleeping Lady above Leavenworth that we posted as a collage in our Pictures of the Week. A collage does change the way you view them so we've posted them here individually. read more
0 0 votes Where are the Peakbaggers ? by wildernessed on 07/28/2009 19:33 1 comment , 1320 views Browse by Category: Climbing-Mountaineering Tags: wenatchee, peakbagging, peakbaggers, hikers, backpackers, groups We moved to Wenatchee five years ago from back East after coordinating our vacations every year and loading up the van with bags of outdoor gear and travelling coast to coast predominantly visiting the wild side of America, picking a different region every year, and returning to some. So a very frequent question we are asked is, "Why did you move all the way out here?". The quick and easy answer is, "Mountains". Above all things it was the beau... read more
0 0 votes Chain Reaction by Andy Dappen on 10/14/2008 07:30 0 comments , 686 views Browse by Category: Stupid Fun - Article, Biking-Mtn & Road Tags: mountain biking, twin peaks, maintenance "I don't know," Ken says looking skeptically at the dying wheel and thinking about the road-rash possibilities awaiting me on the steeps of Canyon Number 2 Road. "You think that's a good idea?" I'm reminded of another ride some ten years ago where a simple problem led to a chain reaction of technologic problems, miscalculations, and minor calamities. "It's positively stupid." read more
+1 1 vote Alpine Trees by W.O. Staff on 08/04/2008 08:00 0 comments , 788 views Browse by Category: History, Nature Stories Tags: chelan, subalpine firs, engelmann spruce, whitebark pines, east slope trees, entiat mountains, chelan sawtooth Chester Marler's writings about the places and natural history along the East Slope of the Cascades are refreshing because they are not about rushing through this domain but immersing yourself in it. Here Marler takes time to really smell the flowers--or rather the trees of the alpine and subalpine zones. read more
0 0 votes Super SUP by Anonymous on 05/24/2008 07:00 1 comment , 3242 views Browse by Category: Paddling-Flatwater, Family Fun Tags: lake wenatchee, central washington, stand-up paddling, sup, columbia river, lake chelan Kim Anderson reports how SUP (Stand-Up Paddling) is taking water by storm. It's what snowboarding was to snow twenty years ago. It's a cross between canoe paddling and long-board surfing. And it can be done on the Columbia River, Lake Wenatchee, Lake Chelan, or even on high mountain lakes. read more
+2 2 votes Floral Impressionism by Andy Dappen on 05/21/2008 13:45 1 comment , 996 views Browse by Category: Nature Stories Tags: flowers, impressionism, outdoor photo techniques Some viewers take in the aesthetics rather than the science of flowers. For such viewers the interplay of light and color can evoke an emotional response. These photos work on that level and, even if they are out of focus, they're fun. read more

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Between a Rock and a Long Fall

by Grace Peven on 06/16/2012 02:55 0 comments , 357 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: leavenworth, castle rock, rock climbing, mountaineering, bouldering

Like a fish, hungry for outdoor sports, I eagerly took the bait when he offered to take me rock climbing. He’d been climbing for decades and it seemed foolish to pass up the lesson he was offering me. Having only a few climbing experiences under my belt, I wanted to learn more about this bizarre sport.

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10 Benefits of Trail Running: Motivation to Just Get Out

by Heather Green on 11/06/2010 19:49 0 comments , 1113 views
Browse by Category: Exercise/Training, Family Fun
Tags: running, outdoors, trail, exercise

Running is a great way to get outdoors and grab some exercise, but running on a road can only do so much for your body, mind and spirit. You’re thinking about traffic lights, cars, pedestrians, and other distractions that keep your attention off of your body’s relationship to the environment. You’re also breathing in city air full of exhaust, air pollution, and tar particles from the road; listening to noise pollution or your MP3 player; and ...

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Battle of the Bikes - Update

by W.O. Staff on 10/03/2010 03:01 0 comments , 769 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Biking-Mtn & Road, Features
Tags: mission ridge, blewett pass, mountain biking, road riding, ellensburg to wenatchee, colockum pass

Forty cyclists participated in the first Battle of the Bikes to see who could ride from Wenatchee to Ellensburg fastest...taking any route they wanted. Find out what happened... and see a slideshow of pictures taken by the teams. This article originally appeared at WenatcheeOutdoors.org, an affiliate of the JustGetOut network.

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Peshastin Pinnacles - Rock Climbing

by W.O. Staff on 04/30/2010 14:32 2 comments , 1152 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: cashmere, rock climbing, peshastin pinnacles, leaven worth

The Peshastin Pinnacles isn't the best place in Central Washington to climb, but these crags offer beginner and intermediate climbers an excellent place to hone their craft. Furthermore, the scenery rocks! Use our guidebook info to climb here.

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Going Postal in the Sage Hills

by W.O. Staff on 04/21/2010 13:40 0 comments , 786 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Hiking-Backpack, Biking-Mtn & Road, Trail Running
Tags: sage hills foothills wenatchee outdoors trails run

The postman pulled his delivery truck into our driveway. I trotted from the garage toward the truck. “Take your time,” the Postman yelled. I obeyed and slowed to a walk. As I approached, he nodded toward the green foothills basking in the sunshine and commented, “A day like this you just gotta enjoy.”

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Sleeping Lady Images

by W.O. Staff on 04/21/2010 12:57 0 comments , 1148 views
Browse by Category: Photo Entries
Tags: leavenworth outdoor photograhy sleeping lady

Marc Dilley sent us two unique and beautiful photos of the Sleeping Lady above Leavenworth that we posted as a collage in our Pictures of the Week. A collage does change the way you view them so we've posted them here individually.

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Where are the Peakbaggers ?

by wildernessed on 07/28/2009 19:33 1 comment , 1320 views
Browse by Category: Climbing-Mountaineering
Tags: wenatchee, peakbagging, peakbaggers, hikers, backpackers, groups

We moved to Wenatchee five years ago from back East after coordinating our vacations every year and loading up the van with bags of outdoor gear and travelling coast to coast predominantly visiting the wild side of America, picking a different region every year, and returning to some.

So a very frequent question we are asked is, "Why did you move all the way out here?". The quick and easy answer is, "Mountains". Above all things it was the beau...

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Chain Reaction

by Andy Dappen on 10/14/2008 07:30 0 comments , 686 views
Browse by Category: Stupid Fun - Article, Biking-Mtn & Road
Tags: mountain biking, twin peaks, maintenance

"I don't know," Ken says looking skeptically at the dying wheel and thinking about the road-rash possibilities awaiting me on the steeps of Canyon Number 2 Road. "You think that's a good idea?" I'm reminded of another ride some ten years ago where a simple problem led to a chain reaction of technologic problems, miscalculations, and minor calamities. "It's positively stupid."

+1 1 vote

Alpine Trees

by W.O. Staff on 08/04/2008 08:00 0 comments , 788 views
Browse by Category: History, Nature Stories
Tags: chelan, subalpine firs, engelmann spruce, whitebark pines, east slope trees, entiat mountains, chelan sawtooth

Chester Marler's writings about the places and natural history along the East Slope of the Cascades are refreshing because they are not about rushing through this domain but immersing yourself in it. Here Marler takes time to really smell the flowers--or rather the trees of the alpine and subalpine zones.

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Super SUP

by Anonymous on 05/24/2008 07:00 1 comment , 3242 views
Browse by Category: Paddling-Flatwater, Family Fun
Tags: lake wenatchee, central washington, stand-up paddling, sup, columbia river, lake chelan

Kim Anderson reports how SUP (Stand-Up Paddling) is taking water by storm. It's what snowboarding was to snow twenty years ago. It's a cross between canoe paddling and long-board surfing. And it can be done on the Columbia River, Lake Wenatchee, Lake Chelan, or even on high mountain lakes.

+2 2 votes

Floral Impressionism

by Andy Dappen on 05/21/2008 13:45 1 comment , 996 views
Browse by Category: Nature Stories
Tags: flowers, impressionism, outdoor photo techniques

Some viewers take in the aesthetics rather than the science of flowers. For such viewers the interplay of light and color can evoke an emotional response. These photos work on that level and, even if they are out of focus, they're fun.


0 0 votes Winter Pre-Trip Planning by W.O. Staff on 01/24/2013 03:56 0 comments , 137 views Browse by Category: Conditions-Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Snowshoeing, How-To Tags: avalanche safety, navigation, winter outings, pre-trip planning, winter preparations Winter outdoor adventures demand more thinking than most summer activities. Winter travelers need to be better attuned to snow, weather, and terrain. Meanwhile, minor emergencies can snowball so more attention should be given to the details of an outing. Check out these notes from Week 2 of our Self-Sufficient Snowshoeing Class. read more
0 0 votes Gearing Up for Snowshoeing by W.O. Staff on 01/11/2013 17:50 0 comments , 120 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Family Fun, Gear Tags: snowshoe reviews, snowshoes, snowshoeing equipment, getting started snowshoeing, gear for snowshoeing On January 10 we ran the first session of our snowshoeing class (sponsored by Wenatchee Parks and Rec Dept and Cascade Subaru). The topic: Hardware, software, and emergency items needed for easy and adventurous snowshoe trips. Read the notes from that class. read more
0 0 votes We’re Baack … from Disasters and Distractions by Andy Dappen on 09/25/2012 00:52 0 comments , 192 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Editorials-Issues Tags: central washington, wenatchee foothills, fires It’s been a peculiar few weeks. Around September 9, fire was lapping at the doors of the world headquarters of WenatcheeOutdoors. We were issued a Level 3 notice and were advised to evacuate the area. We didn’t flee but we did pack our computers in a car and, for several days, waited as fire approached to within a third of a mile of us... read more
0 0 votes Event Volunteers Earn Pass to Ski Leavenworth by LWSC on 08/23/2012 00:30 0 comments , 235 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowboarding, Skiing-Cross Country, Snowshoeing, Skiing-Alpine, Family Fun Tags: leavenworth, nordic, icicle, volunteer, ski, snowshoe, xc ski, events, ski hill, free skiing, season pass Attend cool events and have fun with your community while earning a free season pass! In an effort to maintain affordable season pass and day pass rates, LWSC created an Event Volunteer Season Pass Program to utilize volunteers in place of event employees and contract workers, thereby promoting Club support and offering season passes to those wishing to help out their Club. LWSC operates seasonally with the help of 15,000 volunteer ... read more
0 0 votes "Snowshoe 101" Event by park staff on 01/05/2011 20:02 0 comments , 641 views Browse by Category: Snowshoeing, Family Fun Tags: snowshoeing, family fun Can I snowshoe? How do I do it? What stuff should I bring with me? Where can I go snowshoeing around here? Join a Lake Wenatchee State Park Ranger for a fun, informative snowshoe hike and learn the answer to these questions (and more)! The hike will go for about a mile in easy terrain, with several stops along the way (suitable for the whole family). We will meet near the contact station at the north entrance of Lake Wenatchee ... read more
0 0 votes Outdoor Gifts for Christmas by W.O. Staff on 12/18/2010 01:00 1 comment , 1203 views Browse by Category: Family Fun, Gear, Features Tags: christmas gifts, outdoor research zealot, mcnett aquamira, golite reed, bridgedale wool-fusion socks, gorilla tape Did you wait until the last minute to buy a Christmas present for the outdoor enthusiast in your family who seems to have everything? It's not too late - we've compiled over a dozen items that will put a grin on the face of any hard-to-buy-for athlete on your list. read more
0 0 votes Stevens Pass - Housing Program by Rebecca Darley on 12/10/2010 02:45 0 comments , 696 views Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowboarding, Skiing-Cross Country, Snowshoeing, Deals, Skiing-Alpine Tags: leavenworth, stevens pass, rental, housing, ski pass, lift tickets, employee, rent Leavenworth is a center for winter adventure and the home to hundreds working in the outdoor industr, which is why the Stevens Pass Housing Department has developed a program called Tenants 4 Turns. If you rent to a Stevens Pass employee you could receive your rental income plus a ski benefit. Read more. read more
0 0 votes Valhalla and More by W.O. Staff on 03/29/2010 09:00 0 comments , 690 views Tags: stevens pass, central washington, backcountry skiing, ski touring, lake valhalla, yodelin, nason creek Cathy and Drew Gaylord started backcountry skiing this year. About a tour to Lake Valhalla and Mt. McCausland, Drew writes, "Before getting into this, we had wondered if all the climbing for just one run would be worth it. We got an answer... the run we had Saturday was far better than a whole day of lift skiing." read more
0 0 votes Skiing Dragontail: Triple Dare, Triple Scare by W.O. Staff on 03/26/2010 10:51 0 comments , 1888 views Browse by Category: Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Stupid Fun - Article Tags: climbing, leavenworth, central washington, ski touring, mountaineering, dragontail peak, triple couloir, extreme skiing When John Plotz first climbed Dragontail's Triple Couloir eight years ago he was on the edge of his climbing comfort. Last weekend he returned to ski, the beast. The pictures are stomach-churning enough ... but watch the video at the end. read more
0 0 votes Ishmael - Old but Good by Andy Dappen on 04/10/2008 17:46 0 comments , 1655 views Browse by Category: Books, Conservation Tags: ishmael, daniel quinn, book review My daughter asked if I’d read it. “Ishmael?” I thought and there was the smallest germ of memory. “Is the story about a telepathic gorilla?” “Re-read it.” my daughter suggested. “It’s your kind of a book…the gorilla is also an environmentalist." read more

Winter Pre-Trip Planning

by W.O. Staff on 01/24/2013 03:56 0 comments , 137 views
Browse by Category: Conditions-Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Snowshoeing, How-To
Tags: avalanche safety, navigation, winter outings, pre-trip planning, winter preparations

Winter outdoor adventures demand more thinking than most summer activities. Winter travelers need to be better attuned to snow, weather, and terrain. Meanwhile, minor emergencies can snowball so more attention should be given to the details of an outing. Check out these notes from Week 2 of our Self-Sufficient Snowshoeing Class.

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Gearing Up for Snowshoeing

by W.O. Staff on 01/11/2013 17:50 0 comments , 120 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Family Fun, Gear
Tags: snowshoe reviews, snowshoes, snowshoeing equipment, getting started snowshoeing, gear for snowshoeing

On January 10 we ran the first session of our snowshoeing class (sponsored by Wenatchee Parks and Rec Dept and Cascade Subaru). The topic: Hardware, software, and emergency items needed for easy and adventurous snowshoe trips. Read the notes from that class.

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We’re Baack … from Disasters and Distractions

by Andy Dappen on 09/25/2012 00:52 0 comments , 192 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Editorials-Issues
Tags: central washington, wenatchee foothills, fires

It’s been a peculiar few weeks. Around September 9, fire was lapping at the doors of the world headquarters of WenatcheeOutdoors. We were issued a Level 3 notice and were advised to evacuate the area. We didn’t flee but we did pack our computers in a car and, for several days, waited as fire approached to within a third of a mile of us...

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Event Volunteers Earn Pass to Ski Leavenworth

by LWSC on 08/23/2012 00:30 0 comments , 235 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowboarding, Skiing-Cross Country, Snowshoeing, Skiing-Alpine, Family Fun
Tags: leavenworth, nordic, icicle, volunteer, ski, snowshoe, xc ski, events, ski hill, free skiing, season pass

Attend cool events and have fun with your community while earning a free season pass!

In an effort to maintain affordable season pass and day pass rates, LWSC created an Event Volunteer Season Pass Program to utilize volunteers in place of event employees and contract workers, thereby promoting Club support and offering season passes to those wishing to help out their Club.

LWSC operates seasonally with the help of 15,000 volunteer ...

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"Snowshoe 101" Event

by park staff on 01/05/2011 20:02 0 comments , 641 views
Browse by Category: Snowshoeing, Family Fun
Tags: snowshoeing, family fun

Can I snowshoe? How do I do it? What stuff should I bring with me? Where can I go snowshoeing around here?

Join a Lake Wenatchee State Park Ranger for a fun, informative snowshoe hike and learn the answer to these questions (and more)! The hike will go for about a mile in easy terrain, with several stops along the way (suitable for the whole family). We will meet near the contact station at the north entrance of Lake Wenatchee ...

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Outdoor Gifts for Christmas

by W.O. Staff on 12/18/2010 01:00 1 comment , 1203 views
Browse by Category: Family Fun, Gear, Features
Tags: christmas gifts, outdoor research zealot, mcnett aquamira, golite reed, bridgedale wool-fusion socks, gorilla tape

Did you wait until the last minute to buy a Christmas present for the outdoor enthusiast in your family who seems to have everything? It's not too late - we've compiled over a dozen items that will put a grin on the face of any hard-to-buy-for athlete on your list.

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Stevens Pass - Housing Program

by Rebecca Darley on 12/10/2010 02:45 0 comments , 696 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowboarding, Skiing-Cross Country, Snowshoeing, Deals, Skiing-Alpine
Tags: leavenworth, stevens pass, rental, housing, ski pass, lift tickets, employee, rent

Leavenworth is a center for winter adventure and the home to hundreds working in the outdoor industr, which is why the Stevens Pass Housing Department has developed a program called Tenants 4 Turns. If you rent to a Stevens Pass employee you could receive your rental income plus a ski benefit. Read more.

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Valhalla and More

by W.O. Staff on 03/29/2010 09:00 0 comments , 690 views
Tags: stevens pass, central washington, backcountry skiing, ski touring, lake valhalla, yodelin, nason creek

Cathy and Drew Gaylord started backcountry skiing this year. About a tour to Lake Valhalla and Mt. McCausland, Drew writes, "Before getting into this, we had wondered if all the climbing for just one run would be worth it. We got an answer... the run we had Saturday was far better than a whole day of lift skiing."

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Skiing Dragontail: Triple Dare, Triple Scare

by W.O. Staff on 03/26/2010 10:51 0 comments , 1888 views
Browse by Category: Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Stupid Fun - Article
Tags: climbing, leavenworth, central washington, ski touring, mountaineering, dragontail peak, triple couloir, extreme skiing

When John Plotz first climbed Dragontail's Triple Couloir eight years ago he was on the edge of his climbing comfort. Last weekend he returned to ski, the beast. The pictures are stomach-churning enough ... but watch the video at the end.

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Ishmael - Old but Good

by Andy Dappen on 04/10/2008 17:46 0 comments , 1655 views
Browse by Category: Books, Conservation
Tags: ishmael, daniel quinn, book review

My daughter asked if I’d read it.
“Ishmael?” I thought and there was the smallest germ of memory. “Is the story about a telepathic gorilla?”
“Re-read it.” my daughter suggested. “It’s your kind of a book…the gorilla is also an environmentalist."

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