Posts Tagged ‘trails’
Outdoor Report – WenatcheeOutdoors.org
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Adam Vognild, Board Member with WenatcheeOutdoors.org and owner of Inner Circle Gym in Wenatchee, about the so-called shoulder season right now – not quite the end of fall, not quite the start of winter. Vognild prvides from good tips on getting your body ready for skiing and…
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Outdoor Report – WenatcheeOutdoors.org
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Sarah Shaffer, Executive Director of WenatcheeOutdoors.org, about enjoying fall hiking in the Wenatchee Foothills, staying off muddy trails after rainfall, salmon viewing now in the Wenatchee River, light snowfall on Mission Ridge and Stevens Pass getting us excited for the upcoming ski season and more.
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Outdoor Report – Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Travis Hornby, President of the Central Washington Chapter of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, about all the trail work they’ve done this year – from No. 2 Canyon and Squilchuck State Park, to Ski Hill and Echo Ridge. The final trail work party of the fall up…
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Outdoor Report – #2 Canyon Trail Work Parties
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Sarah Shaffer, Executive Director of WenatcheeOutdoors.org and Travis Hornby, President of the Central Washington Chapter of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Miles of No. 2 Canyon trails southwest of Wenatchee are getting rehabilitated and added to. Volunteers make it possible, Hornby said, and that’s why the two organizations have…
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Outdoor Report – Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
Today in the KOHO Outdoor Report, Hanne Beener, Trails Program Manager at the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust, talks about heading to upper elevations to avoid the heat, but finding bugs and snow, a group hike this Saturday up Jacobson Preserve, birding hikes and more. Beener says the Land Trust is conducting a survey of foothills trail users.…
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Nason Ridge Officially Transferred From Weyerhauser To Western Rivers Conservancy
From being slated for timber harvest, to being preserved as a much beloved recreation area. Nason Ridge has a new lease on life – literally. Marcus Bellissimo reports. Learn more about the project from the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust.
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Outdoor Report – Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Travis Hornby, President of the Central Washington Chapter of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, about all the work on No. 2 Canyon trails southwest of Wenatchee, including a work party this Saturday, mountain biking classes for kids and adults, a women’s ride tomorrow and membership benefit ride…
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Outdoor Report – Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
Today in the KOHO Outdoor Report we’re talking trails. Hanne Beener is the Trails Program Manager and Hillary Clark is the Membership & Education Coordinator at the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. Beener says the Land Trust is conducting a survey of foothills trail users. You can fill it out at their website. Clark talks about an…
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Serene National Park Under Threat From Loud Navy Jets, Veterans Say
Forests provide many benefits to humans – from lumber, to recreation, to wildlife watching. The US military uses wilderness areas as well, remote locations to train commandos and test equipment. But those different interests are coming into conflict on the Olympic National Park. Veterans and conservation groups say the Park’s unique silence is being shattered…
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Wash. Parks Commission Chooses New Name For 285-Mile Iron Horse Trail
John Wayne never traveled from the Palouse to the Cascades, even though a trail running from those two regions was named after him. Well, not anymore. Marcus Bellissimo explains. Photos: Wash. State Parks
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Trail Expansion Underway Up #2 Canyon, Volunteers Needed For Work Parties
After years of planning, major trail work is getting underway up Number 2 Canyon southwest of Wenatchee. Spearheaded by the local chapter of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, and in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, dozens of miles of new trails are coming this spring and summer. But they need your help to make…
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