If you’re looking to escape the hustle and find some quiet spots to camp, the areas near the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in...

As I traversed a steep trail, five long hours after I started, I began to feel a bit lonely. I hadn’t seen anyone for several miles, and the heat of the day was making my brain foggy. Then, around the ...

LEAVENWORTH — How to remove an excavator trapped in the middle of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, miles from any roads? That’s the question that the Icicle-Peshastin Irrigation District and the U.S.

Officials are calling for the automation of little-known mountain dams in the famous Enchantments area near Leavenworth, as they try to provide a better flow to Icicle Creek, its languishing fish, ...

With more than 600 miles of trails and more than 700 lakes and ponds, the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is an embarrassment of riches for Northwest hikers. Writing a guide for the area is no small task. But ...

Dan Evans – former governor, former senator, former Boy Scout and lifelong conservationist – was waiting by a tree on the trail above a creek swollen with spring runoff headed for the Wenatchee River ...

Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived but spectacular display. The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes ...

The Washington Trails Association is sounding the alarm because new, larger irrigation dams are in the works that could mess up fabled, high backcountry lakes in Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness ...

Two hikers are home safe after they got lost in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness over the weekend. Just before 11 a.m. on Sunday, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office got a text from the hikers who said ...