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"Snowshoe 101" Event

by park staff on 01/05/2011 20:02 0 comments , 257 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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Stevens Pass - Housing Program

by Rebecca Darley on 12/10/2010 02:45 0 comments , 290 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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10 Benefits of Trail Running: Motivation to Just Get Out

by Heather Green on 11/06/2010 19:49 0 comments , 353 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 , 357 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 , 589 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 , 445 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 , 530 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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Valhalla and More

by W.O. Staff on 03/29/2010 09:00 0 comments , 399 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 , 574 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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Where are the Peakbaggers ?

by wildernessed on 07/28/2009 19:33 1 comment , 1063 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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