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+18 18 votes

Where IS Horse Lake?

by Shelly Forster on 05/14/2013 23:12 0 comments , 282 views
Categories: Living Here, Books, Hiking-Backpack, History, Conservation
Tags: history, horse lake reserve, everett burts, burt ranch
CDLT's easement on Horse Lake Reserve will forever protect the land from future development, but structures sprinkled across the property reveal that Horse Lake has been host to prospectors, farmers, ranchers, loggers, and bums in the not-so-distant past. Learn what life was like for Horse Lake's former homesteaders with snippets from Everett Burts' History of the Horse Lake Area.
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+7 7 votes

National Bike to Work Day - 2013

by Andy Dappen on 05/14/2013 01:21 1 comment , 285 views
Categories: Living Here, Where-To, Biking-Mtn & Road, Health
Tags: wenatchee, washington, national bike to work week, commuting on bike around wenatchee

Some of the National ________ (fill-in the blank) Days border on the ridiculous. Who really cares about National Cotton Candy Day or National Stink-Bug Day? One day worth caring about, however, is National Bike to Work Day (May 17). If everyone biked to work and got hooked on the concept, it would change society. Here's how... 

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+6 6 votes

Regional Road and Trail Conditions

by W.O. Staff on 04/30/2013 19:21 0 comments , 401 views
Categories: Living Here, Conditions-Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: wenatchee, leavenworth, trail conditions, central washington, road conditions, 2013
It's the time of year when questions abound about where you can drive to, what trails are snow free, and where you can car camp. We've gleaned local information from the Forest Service's Recreation Report, WenatcheeOutdoorsForum.org , and Turns All Year.
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+22 26 votes

Hands Across the Foothills.

by Andy Dappen on 04/21/2013 15:40 0 comments , 503 views
Categories: Living Here, Family Fun, Hiking-Backpack, Nature Stories, Health, Features, Conservation
Tags: wenatchee, saddle rock, chelan-douglas land trust, washington, hands across the foothills
Hands Across the Foothills was held Saturday April 20 and brought close to a thousand people together to celebrate the Wenatchee Foothills. The idea was to form a human chain snaking down from the top of Saddle Rock to Circle Street Trailhead.
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+7 17 votes

Crying Wolf

by Andy Dappen on 04/16/2013 17:46 6 comments , 1290 views
Categories: Living Here, Trail Running, Family Fun, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack, Nature Stories
Tags: wenatchee, central washington, washington, wolves, wolf, wolf attacks, wolf fatalities, wolf pack near wenatchee
Is the level of wolf hysteria (wolfsteria) we're hearing simply alarmism? Consider these statistics ... they indicate it is safer to walk wolf country than to walk urban streets. They also indicate too much time on the couch is hugely more dangerous than time amongst wolves.
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+3 3 votes

Closer Look: Hands Across the Foothills

by W.O. Staff on 04/15/2013 23:16 0 comments , 171 views
Categories: Living Here, Family Fun, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack, Conservation
Tags: hiking, saddle rock, chelan-douglas land trust, wenatchee foothills campaign, hands across the foothills

The next event in CDLT's Wenatchee Foothills Campaign will be their Hands Across the Foothills photograph on Saddle Rock this Saturday, April 20. This is your chance to support the Land Trust's goal to double the preserved recreational lands in our backyard by simply going for a hike.

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+20 20 votes

A Sawtooth Traverse

by Coron Polley on 04/11/2013 20:37 3 comments , 476 views
Categories: Living Here, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Features
Tags: stehekin, lake chelan, skiing, lake chelan sawtooth wilderness, sawtooth ridge

Coron Polley, Tom Janisch, and Adam Vognild recently made a 3-day tour through the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness. The views and turns were so good we wouldn't have blamed them if they'd missed the boat back from Stehekin.

 

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+26 26 votes

Are We Loving Saddle Rock to Death?

by W.O. Staff on 04/05/2013 22:57 3 comments , 855 views
Categories: Living Here, Hiking-Backpack, Conservation
Tags: saddle rock, chelan-douglas land trust, conservation, foothills, trail maintenance, trail ethic, trail stewardship

A typical spring weekend can see hundreds of people visiting Saddle Rock. It's a beautiful, accessible place to hike, and we enjoy it for good reason. However, with its spiderweb of erosion-prone social trails, Saddle Rock is also a trail steward's nightmare.

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+11 11 votes

Open Season on the Sage Hills

by W.O. Staff on 04/04/2013 15:45 1 comment , 551 views
Categories: Living Here, Trail Running, Stupid Fun - Article, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: sage hills, chelan-douglas land trust, horse lake, foothills, lester trail, homestead trail
The Sage Hills trails opened for the season this past Monday, tempting us to get out on one of the nicest days of the year so far. Conditions are excellent in Sage Hills right now, and we found dry, sandy trails and a whole mess of blooming wildflowers.
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+19 19 votes

Rattlesnake Encounters - Central Washington

by W.O. Staff on 04/03/2013 08:15 6 comments , 3612 views
Categories: Living Here, Hiking-Backpack, Nature Stories
Tags: central washington rattlesnake encounters, eastern washington rattlesnakes, avoiding rattlesnakes, how to avoid rattlesnakes, rattlesnakes how to avoid, hiking poles in snake country, avoiding snakebites

This story about how to handle yourself in snake country and reduce bad encounters with snakes was prepared last spring. It applies to traveling snake country this year as well, so we've re-posted it.

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