STEHEKIN, Chelan County — After nearly 20 miles of trekking through wilderness, nothing is more appealing than a bakery. Or, as my husband, Bill, said as he sat in the sun outside the Stehekin Pastry ...

Interested in running a wilderness resort? Look no further than Washington’s rugged North Cascades, where the National Park Service is seeking contract bidders to manage a 21-room lodge, restaurant ...

The boat-in-only resort town of Stehekin went under an urgent evacuation notice Sunday morning as wildfires crept up scenic Lake Chelan, but residents may be hunkering in. The Level 3 “Get out now!” ...

Stehekin is reached via boat from Chelan, which is approximately 4.5 hours from Spokane via U.S. 2. Two boat companies serve Stehekin: Lake Chelan Boat Company and the Stehekin Ferry. Day and ...

The remote Stehekin Valley at the head of Lake Chelan is a Shangri-La for those who love rugged beauty. Most everyone arrives by ferry, either fast or slow, from the town of Chelan, Wash. Stehekin is ...

I find hard-to-reach vacation spots alluring. Especially places that are in the midst of nature, with limited Wi-Fi. For years I’d considered getting away from it all to the village of Stehekin not ...

There's a stop sign in Stehekin, Wash., but there's just the one. There's no need for more because there are few cars and only one main road, partially paved. And that road is unconnected to the rest ...

YAKIMA — Anyone interested in running a wilderness resort needs to look no further than Washington’s rugged North Cascades, where the National Park Service is seeking bidders to manage a 21-room lodge ...

Check out the rest of our 26 Best Lakeside Getaways in the Northwest here. On the 50-mile passenger ferry ride to the far north end of Lake Chelan, the deepest lake in Washington, you’ll begin to ...

YAKIMA — Anyone interested in running a wilderness resort needs to look no further than Washington’s rugged North Cascades, where the National Park Service is seeking bidders to manage a 21-room lodge ...