+3 3 votes

Brits Over Tye Peak

February 03 2012, 21:56 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 75 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC
Tags: ski touring backcountry skiing tye peak, snowshoeing tye peak, snowshoeing ski touring backcountry skiing near st

"There’s so much snow!” they exclaim, their British accents punctuating an observation many make at this point. We’re at Stevens Pass where the snowbanks flanking the highway are truck high. Before our tour is over, they'll also be exclaiming, "There are so many trees."

+16 16 votes

The Making of a Skier

January 18 2012, 02:53 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 520 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Family Fun
Tags: blewett pass, clara lake, heather dappen, learning to backcountry ski

“Did you ruin her for good this time?” she asks. “Possibly,” I confess....

This story looks at the making (or breaking) of a backcountry skier. It also considers the composition of those who stick with this pleasant misery.

+13 13 votes

Crazy Urban Skiing

January 13 2012, 15:00 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 496 views
Browse by Category: Stupid Fun - Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC
Tags: skiing trail and red mountain

This video may make you rethink the limited view that ski adventures are only about being in the mountains. With this kind of skiing talent, anywhere with snow offers an adventure. Unlike so many ski videos these days, which are only about visuals, this one skillfully knits in an unspoken story -- making it doubly good.

+13 13 votes

The Skier and The Salmon

January 10 2012, 03:02 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 649 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC
Tags: west peak of cashmere mountain, ski touring cashmere mountain peak, backcountry skiing mount cashmere

Tom Janisch has gone bulimic. Or so his unsympathetic companions accuse as he vomits just below the summit of Cashmere’s West Peak. His illness could be the doing of salmon gone bad ... or of ski 'buddies' gone bad. Either way the legend of Salmon Man's heartiness grows.

+10 10 votes

Lanham Lake Explorations

December 15 2011, 21:29 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 751 views
Browse by Category: Snowshoeing, Stupid Fun - Article, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC
Tags: stevens pass, washington, lanham lake ski tour snowshoeing, snowshoeing backcountry skiing jim hill mountain, arrowhead mountain

Many winter travelers use the 1.75-mile trail between the Stevens Pass Nordic Center and Lanham Lake. It's a pretty outing by itself. Lanham Lake is also a good springboard for exploring domains few visit. This is a story of such exploration -- with its corresponding highs and lows.

+11 11 votes

Hiking All Year Long

December 14 2011, 00:59 Posted in Wenatchee | 1 comment , 546 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Snowshoeing, Hiking-Backpack, Gear
Tags: microspikes, yaktrax, hiking in winter, hiking all year long, gear equipment for winter walking

She surprised me. Normally a devout anti-gearhead, here she was singing the praises of the Kahtoola MicroSpikes. She'd figured out half of the formula for hiking all year long. Here's the other half of the formula.

0 0 votes

Harvest Moon - The Full Story

December 10 2011, 00:46 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 66 views

Harvest Moon by Marc Dilley -- The Full Story

A number of unnatural acts have modified this image. When the base shot was exposed, the moon was partially obscured by clouds and the surface details of the moon were not visible, so a moon lifted from an exposure shot earlier in the evening (when the air was clear) was enlarged about 200% and superimposed over the 'real' moon. Next, the false colors were added and additional exposure layers ...

+21 21 votes

Stevens Pass Nordic Area

December 07 2011, 10:00 Posted in Wenatchee | 2 comments , 1233 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Skiing-Alpine,Nordic,BC, Family Fun
Tags: cross-country skiing, nordic skiing, snowshoeing, andy dappen, stevens pass nordic area

Stevens Pass Nordic Center now open. The area opened December 3 with 28 km of groomed trails. Skiers reported excellent conditions.The area is open Saturday and Sunday for the next two weekends. Here's the info and maps for skiing the area.

+6 6 votes

Slideshow - Battle of the Bikes

October 18 2011, 23:19 Posted in Wenatchee | 0 comments , 266 views
Tags: battle of the bikes slideshow, wenatchee to ellensburg bike ride.

It's taken a while to get pictures from the different teams that participated, but now they're in. Here's a Battle of the Bikes slideshow showing what took place this year on the ride between Wenatchee to Ellensburg. Take a look.

+12 12 votes

October Thighs

October 12 2011, 21:48 Posted in Wenatchee | 5 comments , 690 views
Browse by Category: Living Here, Stupid Fun - Article, Biking-Mtn & Road
Tags: wenatchee to ellensburg battle of the bikes, road riding mountain biking to ellensburg, battle bikes

Blood drops on Highway 97, the creation of One-Eyelid Al, Donner-Party-styled potlucks, half-witted half-kneed mountain bikers, the foolish following the blind into oblivion…these were just a few of the anecdotes that made the second running of the Battle of the Bikes a storied ride.

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