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+18 18 votes

Land Trust Goes Big

March 01 2013, 01:19 Posted in Wenatchee | 1 comment , 2526 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack, Nature Stories, Health, Features, Editorials-Issues, Conservation
Tags: hiking, wenatchee foothills, trails, chelan-douglas land trust, fund raising campaign, trail system

The Land Trust announced on February 20 that they are shooting the moon and going big. In an effort that will be the biggest fund-raising campaign launched by a non-profit in the Wenatchee Valley, the CDLT is raising $8.1 million to double the amount of protected open space in the Wenatchee Foothills. What does this mean to the area now and in the future? A whole lot more than you might think.

+21 23 votes

Saddle Rock 'Lake' - Where Is It?

January 31 2011, 05:00 Posted in Wenatchee | 7 comments , 1960 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Family Fun, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, wenatchee, trail running, hikes, wa, saddle rock lake

Think you've seen it all at Saddle Rock? Have you found Saddle Rock Lake and Little Utah Canyon? Have you circumnavigated the entire parcel on trails? Randy Riggs opened my eyes to new possibilities in an old stomping ground.

+9 9 votes

Twin Lakes

September 28 2010, 00:29 Posted in Wenatchee | 1 comment , 793 views
Browse by Category: Family Fun, Natural History-Activity, Biking-Mtn & Road
Tags: hiking, leavenworth, white river, plain, hikes, twin lakes

My companions were shocked I’d never hiked to Twin Lakes. “What? Mr. Outdoors hasn’t hiked this? Every outdoorsman who’s any outdoorsman has hiked this one!”

Now I've tried...and I'm still a dismal failure.

+13 13 votes

Magnet Creek Outings

August 31 2010, 18:26 Posted in Wenatchee | 1 comment , 755 views
Browse by Category: Trail Running, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, leavenworth, central washington, mountain biking, trail running, snowshoeing, hikes, magnet creek, blewett pass area

Although ‘Magnet’ might imply this area attracts lots of people, it’s quite the opposite. Even on a huge weekend (e.g., Labor Day) you’re likely to be alone on this airy but scenic hike near Blewett Pass.

+8 10 votes

Say 'Uncle!' - Part 2

August 19 2009, 08:00 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 716 views
Browse by Category: Stupid Fun - Article, Family Fun, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock, Hiking-Backpack, Features
Tags: hiking, mountaineering, seven-fingered jack, say uncle, maude, tough love

Part 2 of a story about familial abuse.
Ben's feet are a mess and he relates to the summit register entry reading. "Seven Fingers two days ago, Maude yesterday, Dumbell today, Burger King tomorrow.” And yet the tide starts to turn.

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+14 18 votes

Paddle or Ski -- A Seven-Fingered Dilemma

June 16 2009, 02:32 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 1677 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, chiwawa river, phelps creek, mt. maude, seven-fingered jack

To paddle or ski? Aiyee Chiwawa, recreation decisions in the Chiwawa watershed are tough this time of year. Two skiers decide to ski Seven-Fingered Jack and Mt. Maude, peaks whose snows feed the Chiwawa. But is the decision brilliant or brainless?

+10 10 votes

A Morning in the Sage

May 08 2009, 11:20 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 467 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Trail Running, Family Fun, Biking-Mtn & Road, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, wenatchee foothills, sage hills, mountain biking, wildflowers

It’s prime time for walks in the Wenatchee Foothills. The balsamroot in the lower foothills was at peak bloom last weekend. This weekend the lower elevation balsamroots may be sagging, but they'll still be beautiful...and the lupines will be brilliant. Check out these photos.

+17 19 votes

Hansel Creek - A Tale of Two Passes

February 19 2009, 16:43 Posted in Wenatchee | 2 comments , 549 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, blewett pass, stevens pass, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, hansel creek ingalls creek road

We descend powder, corn, glades and roads. What took six hours to climb takes 70 minutes to ski. We arrive at the car scratching our heads...how did we coax such a miraculous ski run from such marginal conditions? Part of the answer lies in dumb luck; part in the tale of two passes.

+4 4 votes

Eightmile Enlightenment

January 29 2009, 19:07 Posted in Wenatchee | 4 comments , 858 views
Browse by Category: Snowshoeing, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Climbing-Mtn,Ice,Rock
Tags: hiking, climbing, leavenworth, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, eightmile lake, eightmile mountain

Trails mirror the company we share them with. Trails can be mute cells of solitary confinement or chatty confession chambers. They can be storied trips to new corners of the world or, as we discover while skiing Eightmile Mountain, roads to Enlightenment.

+3 3 votes

Dreamchasing on Twin Peaks

December 14 2008, 11:17 Posted in Wenatchee | 4 comments , 1814 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Hiking-Backpack
Tags: hiking, wenatchee, twin peaks, hikes, east ridge

It's not as dimwitted as the desire to wrestle crocodiles. Nor as bizarre as dreams of swimming with marine iguanas, but a compulsion to hike the inaccessible East Ridge of Twin Peaks needled me. This weekend the time seemed ripe as we struck off after dark with snow spilling from the sky.

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