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The network of mountain bike trails at Sun Mountain will get 22 miles of new single-track trails, including a trail along Thompson Ridge offering sweeping views of the Methow Valley and surrounding mountains.
The trail construction project is expected to get underway as soon as conditions allow and will …
The Liberty Bell spires at Washington Pass offer some of the most popular and iconic alpine climbing in Washington, attracting more than 2,500 climbers each year. A destination for climbers since the 1940s, the granite spires…
A popular network of trails that climb Lewis Butte and travel around Riser Lake has been chosen for a “Save-A-Trail” project aimed at improving the trails and restoring areas damaged by overuse and erosion.
Close to Winthrop and easily accessible from Lower Rendezvous Road, Lewis Butte and …
Construction is expected to begin in September on recreational trails in both Twisp and Winthrop, with the goal of completing the trail segments this fall. The towns have awarded separate contracts for the trail segments to a local company, Lloyd Logging Inc., the only bidder for each job.
The first joint project of the Methow Trails Collaborative on the Falls Creek/Burch Mountain FS #518 trail was a big success last weekend, according to organizers. The project drew 56 people who helped open an iconic, high alpine wilderness trail. Well over 300 hours of labor was put into the trail over the weekend. The work […]
Andrews Creek Trail blocked by tangle of trees By Ann McCreary The Methow Valley Ranger District is hoping to receive permission to use chain saws to help clear hundreds of trees deposited by an avalanche on Andrews Creek Trail, a popular route into the Pasayten Wilderness. District Ranger Mike Liu said the district is requesting […]
Miles of trails in the Pasayten Wilderness will be accessible again, cleared of brush and other obstacles, thanks to a unique fund set up by two devoted hikers from the Seattle area that will pay for seasonal trail crews.
Dianne and Joe Hofbeck, lifelong hikers and lovers of the …
The Winthrop Town Council has endorsed the re-establishment of a non-motorized, multi-use trail extending west from Mack Lloyd Park to a point west of Rader Road, as proposed by the River Run Inn.
Leia Hansen, representing the River Run Inn, sought the council’s agreement to allow the path to cross town property at a council meeting last week.
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Methow chapter has been awarded two grants by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) that will be used to support planning and permitting of an expanded summer non-motorized multi-use trail system at Sun Mountain, and a new summer non-motorized multi-use trail system in and adjacent to the Loup Loup Ski Bowl.
Back country horsemen from around the state volunteered almost 1,800 hours clearing and improving trails on U.S. Forest Service land in the Methow Valley during a five-day work party over the Fourth of July weekend.
About 75 members of the Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) sawed out hundreds of downed trees, cleared overgrown vegetation,
