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Forty for Forty: The One-Two Divide
by Andy Dappen

When someone mentions hiking the One-Two Divide, my eyes turn rosy — I count it among my favorite walks in the foothills.  The same mention makes my wife’s eyes turn red — she finds it an unpleasant affair.

Forty for Forty: The Humble Balsamroot Trail 

by Hanne Beener 

Over a handful of years, I have been fortunate to help bring various trails into existence across the hills of Land-Trust managed properties. It gives me a quiet satisfaction to watch my kids race ahead of me on these trails, or to share a passing nod with a stranger, both of us recognizing our good fortunes to be outside and moving through nature. 

 

Forty for Forty: For the Love of Trail Buiding and the Burts Trail

by Barry Storer 

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: A Foothills Traverse

by Andy Dappen 

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: White River Ecosystem Services 

by Bob Bugert

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: Cashmere Canyons Loop to Loop 

by Andy Dappen

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: Pull-And-Go Out

by Andy Dappen

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: Mindful Wanderings in the Sage Hills

by Andy Dappen

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: Mountain Home Ridge 

by Andy Dappen

Article in partnership with The Wenatchee World 

Forty for Forty: The Sam Hill Property 

by Andy Dappen

In 2004 when a 40-acre property allowing access to ten popular climbing crags in the Icicle River Valley were threatened by the possibility of development, the climbers on the board of the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) asked, “What in the Sam Hill are we going to do about this?”