Sunday’s destination was Lookout Mountain, a high point 4 miles southwest of Twisp that is home to a forest fire lookout. The trail begins at an elevation of 4,300 feet and climbs to the lookout at an elevation of 5,515 feet over a distance of about 1.3 miles. The beginning section of the trail climbs steadily through ponderosa […]
Posted on June 8th, 2008 by aana
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Located within the 5,600 acre Big Buck Wildlife Area, Aspen Lake makes a perfect quick outting during the spring season. This weekend, being Memorial Weekend, usually means tons of people at all the snow-free trails, but not here. We only met a handful of hikers and four people on horseback. The walk to the lake […]
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by aana
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Thursday is the big day, the day the North Cascades Highway opens. While the reopening of the pass is seen as a positive event for many people, for some of us it marks the end of a period of solitude and freedom from speeding cars. There is a golden time between the start of pass clearing […]
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by methowoutdoors
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The Methow Valley is number 1 on the Weather Channel’s “Top 10 Winter Family Getaways”. A short article on their site celebrates our rugged beauty, blue skies, and kilometers upon kilometers of cross-country ski trails. It also makes mention of our “Rocky Mountain Powder”. Whaaa? Yeah, ok, this is the Pacific Northwest, but c’mon, we […]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Season LaSalle
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Today’s family adventure took us to the Big Valley Trail between Winthrop and Mazama. This is another MVSTA-maintained trail that is free, open to dogs, skiers and snowshoers. It features a figure-8 loop; 4k for the short piece, 8k if you do the whole thing. The parking lot was full of vehicles, people and dogs; […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by aana
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It was a very beautiful day in Mazama today, made even better by the fact temperatures broke the 20 degree mark for the first time in days. We settled on a family snowshoe activity to get out and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Since the Lunachick trail, maintained by MVSTA, is nearby […]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by aana
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