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Take A Tour From Alps To Old West
Jose Mandojana

Take A Tour From Alps To Old West

Take A Tour From Alps To Old West

The Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth seems at once both out of place and perfectly normal among the Washington craggy peaks. Here, even fast-food chains come adorned in Tudor detailing.
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Take A Tour From Alps To Old West

The Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth seems at once both out of place and perfectly normal among the Washington craggy peaks. Here, even fast-food chains come adorned in Tudor detailing.

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Wine Taste the North Central

The sky is punctured by jagged peaks. Crest the Cascades, and suddenly the heat of the eastern slopes rises up from valley floors.

Cowboy Up

Every Labor Day weekend, the Ellensburg Rodeo arrives for three days filled to the brim with good old-fashioned roping and riding, all held right next door to the Kittitas County Fair.

Loop of Lakes Tour

Set between sagebrush-covered hills and pine forests are dozens of lakes.

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Mighty Methow

WEDGED BETWEEN THE EAST FLANK OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS and the sprawling 1.5-million-acre Okanogan National Forest, the Methow Valley boasts warm, dry summers and crisp, blue-skied winters.

Riding Tall

A journey through Washingtons heartland

Loving Leavenworth

Romance rules in this alpine getaway.

Che-zam!

Lake Chelan overfl ows with outdoor fun.

Myths and Legends

THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE (which includes active volcanoes) dissects the state, stretching from British Columbia to Oregon.

Destination Methow

SPRING IN THE METHOW Valley is announced in iconic, yellow arrowleaf balsamroot blooms popping up on almost every hillside...

Into the Deep

AT THE END of a 50.5-mile, glacier-fed lake, and nestled in the North Cascades National Forest, is the small town of Chelan, home to big blue skies and everything from sports and recreation to oenological adventures.

Deserted Detours

MINING TOWNS BOOMED across Okanogan Countys sprawling sun-kissed hills by the dozen a century ago. Many have since vanished, but a few remain as ghost towns...

Hamlet in the Hills

FOR YEARS, Leavenworth was a logging and railroad town, but after the railway was rerouted and the sawmill closed in the 1920s, the town was in danger of dying. Then, in the early 1960s...

The Real Big Apple

Chocolate-dipped aplets, freshly bottled cider, sun-warmed pears, and memories of charming towns.

Fruit Loops

Tree fruit reigns supreme in this region, which abuts the Canadian border.

Lake Effects

Washington is all about rugged refinement,meaning you can taste wines, golf,hike, kayak, and gallery-gaze all in oneareasuch as the tourism hot spot of LakeChelan and Stehekin.

Hidden Valley

The Nordic ski trails are considered the finest integrated system in the region.

Little Bavaria

A BEAUTIFUL ALPINE SETTING makes Leavenworth an ideal locale for its colorful Bavarian-themed architecture, many fine shops and restaurants, and window boxes full of pink and red geraniums.

Hand Pickled

Some 70 percent of the nations apples and nearly half its pears hail from Washington.

Into the Deep

From the road, Lake Chelan shimmers in the distance: blue and serene.

Hit the Trail

The snow came in the night. By morning, a white blanket lay thick and soft as a down comforter over the Methow Valley...