5 great trails in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness This wilderness area in the Central Cascades has excellent hikes in bunches. Here are five summer recommendations.

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 ...

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 ...

A fire burns near Colchuck Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on Sept. 15, 2012. (Courtesy photo) By Rich Landers [email protected] (509) 459-5508 ...

The outing to the Enchantment Lakes Basin is usually No. 1 on a Northwest backpacker's list, but good luck getting to do it. The area high above Leavenworth, Wash., in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness ...

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 ...

The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area encompassing most of the larger area was enacted a year later. From 1925: Daniel M. “Uncle Dan” Drumheller, a former Pony Express rider and one of Spokane’s ...