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The Leavenworth Ski Hill is a small ski area and an historic district located at the end of Ski Hill Drive in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. The facility is located inside the Wenatchee National Forest. Operated by Leavenworth Winter Sports Club, the facility includes two small downhill ski hills, 26 km of cross-country ski trails, a ...
Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum is a museum dedicated to nutcrackers and nutcracking devices, located in Leavenworth, Washington. Founded by Arlene Wagner and her husband George in 1995, the museum housed over 7,000 nutcrackers in 2020, and over 9,000 in 2023. Wagner taught multiple productions of The Nutcracker and became enamored with ...
Get the Leavenworth, WA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Today's top weather news for Friday, Dec. 20, 2024: Millions of Americans are gearing up for Christmas travel ...
It is owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation's Aviation Division. [1] The airport is located next to Lake Wenatchee State Park with 197 campsites. Outdoor toilets and space for camping are also available at the airport. Fishing, water recreation, and hiking are available at the nearby lakes.
Leavenworth's public library is operated by the NCW Libraries system, which serves five counties in Central Washington. The library occupies 3,000 square feet (280 m 2 ) inside the city hall building on U.S. Route 2; a study to move the library to a closed elementary school was approved by the Leavenworth city council in 2024.
The Enchantments is a region within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state's Cascade Mountain Range. [2] At an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,372 m), it is home to over 700 alpine lakes and ponds surrounded by the vast peaks of Cashmere Crags, which rate among the best rock-climbing sites in the western United States. [3]
The Leavenworth Echo is a weekly newspaper in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. Founded in 1904, it was sold to Ward Media LLC in August 2023. Founded in 1904, it was sold to Ward Media LLC in August 2023.
On August 11, 2017 lightning caused by a cold frontal passage that tracked through the Alpine Lakes Wilderness started a fire about 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth, Washington. [9] The fire expanded into the Eightmile Lake, Stuart Lake and Colchuck drainages burning to the shoreline and damaging a large percentage of the lake's watershed. [10]