El Sendero Backcountry Ski and Snowshoe Club

El Sendero Backcountry Ski and Snowshoe Club El Sendero created this page to inform of upcoming events and trips, trip reports, backcountry policies, advocacy work and education programs.

El Sendero Backcountry Ski and Snowshoe Club represents winter backcountry recreationists by advocating the creation, preservation, and management of non-motorized winter areas on public lands. We work to preserve backcountry areas for quiet human-powered use, promote winter backcountry safety and ethics, and cooperatively resolve conflicts among backcountry users. El Sendero is a non-profit organ

ization based in Wenatchee, WA and a grassroots member of the national non-profit Winter Wonderlands Alliance. We are backcountry skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers, and winter campers. We educate the public and ourselves on issues affecting the backcountry, we attend public meetings and represent non-motorized interests, we network with other organizations to work together.

El Sendero board meeting, minus 3 others. March 2023, Wenatchee
03/10/2023

El Sendero board meeting, minus 3 others. March 2023, Wenatchee

Round two; mid-season ski wax. Got to maximize the glide!!
02/06/2023

Round two; mid-season ski wax. Got to maximize the glide!!

Another great BC Film Festival. At the River Front Rock Gym in Wenatchee.
11/26/2022

Another great BC Film Festival. At the River Front Rock Gym in Wenatchee.

See you all tonight!
11/19/2022

See you all tonight!

11/17/2022

Trail work this Saturday 11/19. Meet at 10am at road 7245 (0.7mi North of Blewett Pass summit). This is the road with the gate across it that accesses the upper Tronsen Winter non-motorized area. Rob Mullins will be there to greet you and organize the work crew. Bring a chainsaw if you have one, loppers, pruning saws, and warm gloves.
When done go home, clean up and come to the BC Film Festival for beers and films. 7pm River Front Rock Gym, Wenatchee. Beers at 5:30pm

A few more photos from this year's fall trail maintenance up at Tronsen Winter non-motorized area.
11/12/2022

A few more photos from this year's fall trail maintenance up at Tronsen Winter non-motorized area.

11/12/2022

Annual fall clearing of the Tronsen Winter non-motorized trails has been ongoing for years by a small group of volunteers. Without this work the trails in winter would be largely unusable. The USFS never contributes to the trail maintenance work and so it's up to us volunteers. Rob Mullins from Leavenworth has spearheaded the volunteer work. El Sendero has purchased signing and a chainsaw to contribute to the effort. Come out an join us in the fall (we also do midwinter maintenance).

The Backcountry Film Festival is back!Saturday, November 19, 2022Riverfront Rock Gym - WenatcheeTickets: $10Doors Open a...
11/11/2022

The Backcountry Film Festival is back!
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Riverfront Rock Gym - Wenatchee
Tickets: $10
Doors Open at 5:30PM
Films start at 7:00PM
Twelve awesome films to inspire your winter backcountry adventures!

Come rub elbows with the backcountry community next Saturday! Tickets are just ten bucks and we'll have beer for purchase. Proceeds this year go toward the Stemilt Ski Hut which you'll learn about at the event.

Lowell Skoog presentation -
03/09/2022

Lowell Skoog presentation -

NEW WINTER NON-MOTORIZED AREAS ESTABLISHED As mentioned at previous Backcountry Film Festivals, El Sendero has been working on establishing winter non-motorized areas in the Clara Lake basin and the Stemilt basin. Our board of directors has spearheaded this effort and the non-motorized areas have be...

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Wenatchee, WA
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