<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ChuckPeters: comments</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/JGO/</link><description>JustGetOut</description><language>en-us</language><image><url>http://www.justgetout.net/logo/69.jpg</url><link>http://www.justgetout.net/JGO/</link><title>JGO</title></image><copyright>WordFrame</copyright><managingEditor>managing_editor</managingEditor><webMaster>webmaster</webMaster><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:29 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>WordFrame RSS Generator v.1.0</generator><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>
Hey I like your idea there Gus, and as...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Preston-Creek-Road---Where-Have-All-the-Skiers-Gone-#62121</link><description><![CDATA[
Hey I like your idea there Gus, and as to when? Maybe when hell freezes over, and all the snowmobilers go there to get in some fresh tracks.


And thanks, Andy, for a great idea for a new place to "explore" in winter. Did you say the road system is gated off? It looks from the map like there is lots of great terrain there, probably good for early summer mountain biking too.


On most of my trips, whether on skis or snowshoes, I have often wondered the same thing, where is everybody? It see...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Family Fun</category><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Snowshoeing</category><category>Living Here</category><wfCategory>cross-country skiing,nordic skiing,snowshoeing,preston creek road,entiat river valley</wfCategory><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:40:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Preston-Creek-Road---Where-Have-All-the-Skiers-Gone-#62121</guid></item><item><title>Thanks Nate! And thanks for putting it i...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Maps-Calculating-Steepness#62115</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks Nate! And thanks for putting it in here Andy and gang, so much quicker and easier than putting a ruler up to every slope we want to consider traveling on. I plan to use this tool a lot starting this weekend.]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Gear</category><category>Climbing-Mtn</category><category>Ice</category><category>Rock</category><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Snowshoeing</category><category>Conditions-Article</category><wfCategory>topographic map application,topographic maps calculating slope steepness</wfCategory><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:32:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Maps-Calculating-Steepness#62115</guid></item><item><title>
Not only is it impossible to avoid the...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Avalanche-Video--Snowmobiler-Buried#62056</link><description><![CDATA[
Not only is it impossible to avoid the avalanche hazard created by snowmobiles but, as an alpine "pedestrian" in winter, it is often impossible to avoid the snowmobiles themselves, and any incidental danger.&nbsp;Even if his goggles&nbsp;or helmet are not fogged up, a&nbsp;snowmobiler's vision is limited to a small area in front of his machine, and his auditory awareness of his surroundings approaches zero. The Laws of Physics, in particular those defining Inertia, explain why motorized and no...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Snowshoeing</category><category>Living Here</category><wfCategory>snowmobile caused avalanches,stampede pass,snowmobilers and backcountry skiers,snowmobilers and snowshoers</wfCategory><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:49:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Avalanche-Video--Snowmobiler-Buried#62056</guid></item><item><title>
Did you you really mean "love encounte...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Tree-Well-Video-and-Safety#62041</link><description><![CDATA[
Did you you really mean "love encounters" with trees, Andy, or was it live encounters?


I had several such incidents when I was first learning to ski off the groomers, on the backside of Stevens, when that area was newly developed. I usually ski alone, which added an unnecessary element of danger to the adventure. It was about the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced, when I was entombed in wet packed snow, my body contorted into an unnatural position, disoriented, often a sharp limb...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><wfCategory>tree-well video,tree-well hazards,skiing in central washington safety  tree wells</wfCategory><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:25:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Tree-Well-Video-and-Safety#62041</guid></item><item><title>
I've been curious about the mixed rece...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Backcountry-Ski-Gear---Mckenny-s-Picks#62034</link><description><![CDATA[
I've been curious about the mixed reception of this post too. Like you said, it was a rapid-fire presentation, and because Adam covered so much ground it must have been a challenge to condense it into written format in less than twenty pages. I think you did a fair job of it, but it's a little harder to capture a person's essence in two dimensions. I find Adam likeable, entertaining, knowledgeable and his enthusiasm is infectious. Anyone who's spent any time around him senses that he is more c...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Gear</category><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Living Here</category><wfCategory>backcountry ski gear,ski packs,best backcountry skis,best ski touring bindings,best ski touring boots,clothing for backcountry skiing</wfCategory><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:34:35 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Backcountry-Ski-Gear---Mckenny-s-Picks#62034</guid></item><item><title>Hey, great article, guys.&amp;nbsp;Reminded ...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Why-Snowshoe-#62026</link><description><![CDATA[Hey, great article, guys.&nbsp;Reminded me of many of the reasons I go snow-shoeing (skills, expense, etc...) rather than skiing most of the time.&nbsp;I finally took the plunge last season and bought a full back-country ski setup, but even with the pro deal prices, it set me back over 1300 bucks, and if I ever want to venture into a developed ski area, that's another hit for each day.&nbsp;I was in my late 20s when I started skiing more than once or twice a year (worked at Stevens at the time) ...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Snowshoeing</category><wfCategory>central washington,why snowshoe,benefits of snowshoeing,best reasons snowshoe</wfCategory><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:05:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Why-Snowshoe-#62026</guid></item><item><title>Sounds like fun, John, but also a lot of...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Eightmile-Mountain---Powdering-the-NE-Face#61340</link><description><![CDATA[Sounds like fun, John, but also a lot of work; it's strange how the line between the two gets blurred when in the back-country... If you weren't such a dog-gone purist, and let yourself get on one of those whiny snow-machines, you might have saved yourself a couple of hours on the approach and return, enough to enjoy another set of turns in the fluff, perhaps?&nbsp;&nbsp; More powder, boss!]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><wfCategory>climbing,leavenworth,backcountry skiing,eightmile lake,eightmile mountain</wfCategory><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:57:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Eightmile-Mountain---Powdering-the-NE-Face#61340</guid></item><item><title>I have lamented the almost-complete clos...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Squilchuck-State-Park---What-now-#61339</link><description><![CDATA[I have lamented the almost-complete closure of Squilchuck for the last couple of winters... years ago I would cross-country ski there (even on un-groomed roads) to train for the R2R or just to get outside.&nbsp; The trails and roads are good for mountain biking in the summer too (way cooler than Foothills trails when it's 100 degrees in the valley) but it seemed to me that the best use of the area was as a family tubing hill.&nbsp; There is a huge parking lot, nicely equipped lodge, rope tow, an...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Conservation</category><category>Editorials-Issues</category><category>Hiking-Backpack</category><category>Biking-Mtn &amp; Road</category><category>Skiing-Alpine</category><category>Nordic</category><category>BC</category><category>Snowshoeing</category><category>Living Here</category><wfCategory>wenatchee,squilchuck state park</wfCategory><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:24:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Squilchuck-State-Park---What-now-#61339</guid></item><item><title>Hey I've got a novel concept... why don'...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/What-About-Sleepy-Hollow---Weigh-In-#61338</link><description><![CDATA[Hey I've got a novel concept... why don't we actually encourage people to go there?&nbsp; Then we might actually see clean, law-abiding, nature-loving, honest, fun people returning, and not just the shady riff-raff that have claimed the place, since they have no respect for the law or private property anyway... what did you expect?&nbsp; Why not put a picnic table and a trash can there?&nbsp; Some passing cyclist may even stop to pick up the trash, if there is somewhere to put it... Get enough "...]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Features</category><category>Living Here</category><wfCategory>sleepy hollow,sleepy hollow bridge</wfCategory><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:35:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/What-About-Sleepy-Hollow---Weigh-In-#61338</guid></item><item><title>Northrup Canyon is usually a great trip ...</title><link>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Northrup-Canyon---Hike-of-the-Month#61336</link><description><![CDATA[Northrup Canyon is usually a great trip in February, or any time in Spring.&nbsp; I drove by there last week (around Valentine's Day) and the snow on the flats was still over a foot deep, so be sure to bring your snowshoes or skis, and enjoy the trip!&nbsp; I love mtn biking&nbsp; the canyon in March and April, I can almost fool myself that I'm in Arizona or Utah... the canyon wrens songs&nbsp; (or are they laughing?) echoes off the basalt cliffs, and the snakes are still in their holes.]]></description><author>Chuck Peters</author><category>Hiking-Backpack</category><category>Natural History-Activity</category><category>Family Fun</category><wfCategory>hiking,hikes,banks lake,northrup canyon,washington trails assoctiation,wta</wfCategory><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:21:32 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/post/Northrup-Canyon---Hike-of-the-Month#61336</guid></item></channel></rss>