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+10 10 votes

Treasure on the Loop: Gift Card Giveaway

by Shelly Forster on 02/21/2013 00:15 1 comment , 603 views
Categories: Deals, Stupid Fun - Article, Stupid Activities, Family Fun, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: giveaway, scavenger hunt, sports outlet gift card
Last week AmeriCorps volunteer Shelly Forster walked down to the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club boathouse, hoping for a quiet late afternoon paddle. Instead she found the devious Squilchuck Trolls and their fabled treasure trove. Although she was unworthy to claim the treasure, you can follow the clues posted here and on the Forum for your chance to find the hidden Sports Outlet gift card.
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+7 7 votes

Waterville to Wenatchee

by W.O. Staff on 02/20/2013 17:23 2 comments , 452 views
Categories: Living Here, Where-To, Stupid Activities, Biking-Mtn & Road
Tags: biking, waterville, badger mountain road, link transit, ray birks

Ray Birks submitted this road biking route on the Forum. We liked his clever use of the Link to make climbing Badger Mountain easier on the muscles, so we turned his short trip report into a guidebook entry. Could there be an easier way to earn 15 minutes of fame than posting your own trip or condition report?

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+6 6 votes

Lyman Lake Ultimate Frisbee

by Paul Kunkel on 08/30/2012 09:27 0 comments , 409 views
Categories: Stupid Activities
Tags: lyman lake, frisbee, sun tan

Marc Dilley's photographic creation of the Lyman Basin is phenomenal. Here's a different perspective from last week with two intrepid Ultimate Frisbee aficionados. The player on the right wanted to maximize his sun tan. 

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+7 7 votes

Sun Lakes Loop Hike

by W.O. Staff on 04/03/2012 14:00 0 comments , 1337 views
Categories: Stupid Activities, Family Fun, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking near sun lakes dry falls state park
Dry Falls is a geological wonder carved by the Ice Age floods. A waterfall once located here was 400 feet high, 3.5 miles wide, and four times the size of Niagara. Today the waterfall is dry but the coulees left behind are filled with lakes. Fred Stanley describes a fun loop hike here.
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+10 10 votes

Drowning on the Wenatchee

by W.O. Staff on 08/18/2011 17:21 1 comment , 870 views
Categories: Living Here, Stupid Activities, Paddling-Flat, Whitewater
Tags: innertubing wenatchee river, where to tube on the wenatchee river, wenatchee river tubing, innertubing near leavenworth
The drowning of a young man on the Wenatchee River on Sunday saddens those of us who recreate on the river. All drownings are tragedies, but we are particularly upset by accidents that nip such young lives in the prime of life. Read how to be safer on the river.
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+3 5 votes

Spider Meadows Summer Skiing

by W.O. Staff on 08/13/2011 03:52 0 comments , 390 views
Categories: Living Here, Stupid Activities, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: summer skiing, backcountry skiing spider meadows, east peak of chiwawa mountain
In person Jamie Tackman can talk your ear off about skiing. The propensity to effuse, it seems, disappears when it comes to writing about skiing. Today he sent us an email with the picture below and with this terse description of how he spent yesterday.
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+18 18 votes

Cannon and Cashmere - 4 Couloirs, 2 Days

by W.O. Staff on 04/30/2011 00:20 1 comment , 597 views
Categories: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Stupid Activities
Tags: john plotz, backcountry skiing cannon mountain mt cashmere, ski touring cannon mountain mt cashmere, backcountry skiing leavenworth wa
John Plotz and Dan Helmstadter get couloir crazy in late April. On Day 1, they ski two couloirs on Cannon Mouintain before bivying at the Eightmile Trailhead. Day 2,  they go gonzo again and ski two couloirs on Mt. Cashmere.
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+12 12 votes

Twin Peaks Dash

by W.O. Staff on 12/21/2010 02:59 3 comments , 584 views
Categories: Snowshoeing, Stupid Activities, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC
Tags: nordic, twin peaks, skiing, snowshoe, biosports
Remember our Battle of the Bikes?  We've cooked up a new "Stupid Fun" event for you.  A winter, round-trip dash up Twin Peaks. Will light Nordic gear, normal cross-country skis, telemark equipment, rando rigs, racing snowshoes, split boards, or running shoes complete the round trip fastest?
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+18 18 votes

Across the Stuart Range...Following the Mutant

by W.O. Staff on 09/24/2009 11:36 2 comments , 1426 views
Categories: Stupid Fun - Article, Stupid Activities, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: snow creek wall, john plotz, dragontail, prusik peak, mount stuart, colchuck, mt., stuart traverse, peter croft, sherpa peak, argonaut
In 1986 legendary climber Peter Croft traversed the Stuart Range and, in one day, scaled long, technical routes on seven peaks. Recently the nearly superhuman John Plotz, spent 2 days repeating what the mutant Croft did in one.
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+14 14 votes

Skis on Eldorado - An Inane Parable?

by Andy Dappen on 06/30/2009 09:55 0 comments , 1060 views
Categories: Where-To, Stupid Fun - Article, Stupid Activities, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: backcountry skiing, eldorado peak, marblemount
"Ordinary smart people can climb with a light daypack,” says Dumb, “but it takes exceptional stupidity to climb throughout the summer carrying heavy ski gear.” And with that the inane creed off Carry All Year is born. Can Dumb and Dumber, the charter members of a new faith, stick to their beliefs when they encounter the seductive snows of Eldorado? 
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