{"id":105,"date":"2019-05-02T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:22:10","slug":"wenatchee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wenatchee\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Wenatchee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington State University’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center<\/a> is in the Wenatchee Valley in WA. Together, Wenatchee and East Wenatchee have a population size of about 50,000 people. The research center has a vibrant research community, with 11 faculty members, and many postdocs and graduate students associated with those programs. The Wenatchee valley is in the rain shadow of the Cascade mountains, so we get runoff from the mountains, but enjoy a great deal of sunshine. Seattle is only a 2.5 hour drive away, but we don’t get the Seattle traffic or rain. In addition to being known for producing tree fruits, Wenatchee is known for its skiing at Mission Ridge<\/a> (only 30 minutes from town), hiking, <\/a>mountain biking<\/a>, water activities <\/a>on the Columbia and Wenatchee rivers, and many other outdoor activities<\/a>. Leavenworth<\/a> is also nearby and offers a unique Bavarian experience, with many outdoor and festive activities, especially in the Holiday season<\/a>. Below are some pictures of the area.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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The Wenatchee valley during the Balsamroot peak. Photo by Chris Strohm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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The view from the top of Mission Ridge, a ski resort 12 miles from Wenatchee. Photo by Tobin Northfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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One of the many mountain biking trails in the region. The town of Wenatchee and Columbia River lies in the distance. Photo by Louie Nottingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Micaiah, our youngest lab member, evaluating a tractor after some kaolin clay (clay that protects pear trees from psylla) treatments at the WSU TFREC. Photo by Tobin Northfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Nordic Ski trails in Leavenworth. Photo by Chris Strohm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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The view from an orchard just north of Wenatchee, along the Columbia river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Life in an orchard is pretty rough! Photo by Louie Nottingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/northfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}