Hatchery Creek Snowshoe

While on a winter break trip to Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth, we explored a snowshoe trail along Hatchery Creek just off of US Route 2.  During the trip, Raymond lost one of the snow baskets from his trekking poles, making it a bit difficult for him to maneuver with just one pole that didn't sink into the snow.  We were hoping to get to a small pond to see if it was frozen over, but we were running low on daylight (and energy!) so we didn't make it there, but we still had a great time exploring the peaceful winter wonderland.

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GPS Info

We collected all of the following data from our GPS unit during the adventure:

Maps

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Elevation Profile

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Coordinates and other details

Mileage:  Time:  Average Speed:  Trailhead Coordinates:

1.4 Miles 01:45 1.9 Miles/Hr. N47° 40.694', W120° 44.085'

Leavenworth Tubing

During the winter break, we took a trip to Lake Wenatchee to spend a couple of days in the snow.  Our family friend, Dale Partna, was nice enough to let us stay in his cabin for two nights after Christmas and we had a blast in the snow.  On one outing, we checked out the tubing hill at the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club.  It was about 30 degrees, but we bundled ourselves up and enjoyed the outing--at least until Suzanne bruised her bottom as she bounced too hard in the tube during one run, and the kids started complaining about headaches.   While we didn't take any pictures, we did want to show our GPS data that shows the drop and speed of the run, coming down the 500-foot long hill that drops about 100 feet to the bottom.  It wasn't as much fun as the tubing hill at Bogus Basin, but it was still enjoyable.   

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GPS Info

We collected all of the following data from our GPS unit during the adventure:

Maps

This Google Map  is provided by GPS Visualizer

Elevation Profile

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Speed Profile


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Coordinates and other details

Mileage:  Time:  Tubing Speed:  Trailhead Coordinates:

0.8 Miles 00:52\ 23 Miles/Hr. N47° 36.807, W120° 40.107

If you would like to use this info with your GPS unit, the full GPX file is here.
If you want to view this in Google Earth, you can download the KMZ files of the track  and topographic overlay.

Wenatchee Showshoe

During the winter break, we took a trip to Lake Wenatchee to spend a couple of days in the snow.  Our family friend, Dale Partna, was nice enough to let us stay in his cabin for two nights after Christmas and we had a blast in the snow.  One afternoon, Mia and I went scouting on snowshoes to find the Wenatchee River from Dale's cabin.  On a previous visit, Dale took us on snowmobiles to a spot along the river, but Mia and I are pretty sure that we didn't follow the same path, based on the fact that we did some serious cross-country snowshoeing, including a couple of episodes with tree wells.  Fortunately, we had each other to help out of the wells, and the snow was only a few feet deep, so we never got into any truly sticky situations.  You can see from the speed profile below, where we got bogged down going across country, while towards the end, we got so comfortable in the snowshoes and terrain that we practically raced back to the cabin.

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GPS Info

We collected all of the following data from our GPS unit during the adventure:

Maps

This Google Map  is provided by GPS Visualizer

Speed Profile

This profile is provided by GPS Visualizer

Coordinates and other details

Mileage:  Time:  Average Speed:  Trailhead Coordinates:

1.4 Miles 01:22 1.0 Miles/Hr. +47° 47' 28.74", -120° 38' 59.88"

 
If you would like to use this info with your GPS unit, the full GPX file is here.
If you want to view this in Google Earth, you can download the KMZ files of the track  and topographic overlay.