Seattle’s Mountaineers club has a terrific, rustic lodge available for both members and non-members up by the Mt Baker ski area. The Mt Baker Lodge includes a dining hall, big kitchen, hang-out lounge, and dorm/bunk bed style sleeping accommodations. On the weekends, breakfast and dinner are even included, […]
The Plain Valley Nordic Ski Trails offer a fun and easy way to go cross-country skiing a half hour drive north of Leavenworth. Passes can be purchased at the famous Plain Hardware Store. The south end of the 14 mile trail starts right there out the front door […]
The Snoqualmie Summit Tubing Center offers easy and safe snow inner tube runs at Snoqualmie Pass along I-90 east of Seattle. The place can be packed with people, but once up at the top there are plenty of snow chutes to quickly go down. The chutes are straight […]
White Salmon Road 3075 is a pleasant, couple mile long, out-and-back cross-country / Nordic skiing trail in the Mt Baker area. It is noteworthy for its great views of Mt Shuksan and its fairly gradual terrain (except for the very end).
The parking lot is a bit tight and on […]
The Lake Wenatchee State Park Sno-Park groomed trail system is divided into two areas by the Wenatchee River that feeds into Lake Wenatchee, separated north and south. The south trail system has more loops and shortcuts than the north, and tends to be more crowded. The north trail […]
The Lake Wenatchee State Park Sno-Park offers a gradual and groomed Sled Hill. The Sled Hill is in the snow-covered space over an access road, groomed each day to provide a smooth gliding surface. A walking path gets formed on the shoulder of the road so that bystanders and walkers […]
The Plain Valley Nordic Ski Trails are a creation of Rob, enterprising owner of the locally famous Plain Hardware store. The valley floor that forms small “downtown” Plain area consists mostly of relatively smooth and open agricultural land. Rob coordinated four local property owners in opening up their land to […]