the sweetest trail
Echo Ridge Upper Trailhead. Sponsored by Campbell's Resort, offering a great TraX lodging package.
Saturday, February 18, 2012. 10am - 4pm.
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A very sweet excursion indeed! Enjoy the spectacular scenery and great chocolate treats at stops along the Echo Ridge Nordic trails as well as many wineries around the Lake Chelan Valley. Kick off your Nordic excursion at Campbell’s with a hot drink and then head up to the trails and start your chocolate adventure.
Dark chocolate fudge, espresso brownies, and chocolate cookies are just some of the treats you'll enjoy at the trailside stops between 10am and 4pm. An excursion map listing all the chocolate stops will be available online before the event. Excursion maps will be available online and also on the day of the event when you check in at the Upper Trailhead.
2011 Echo Ridge Trailside Chocolate Stops
(Chocolate Stations Available from 10am - 4pm)
- Start with a hot drink at Campbell's Resort
- Upper Trailhead
- Spaghetti Junction
- High Five Junction
- Grand Junction
- Chaos Corner
- Lower Trailhead
- Tootsy Roll (2)
- Whoop-Di-Do
- Purte View
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Avoid the crowds and SAVE when you purchase your ticket in advance. Tickets are available for sale now. Advance tickets are $25. Tickets purchased day of are $30. 4-pack ticket packages $90 in advance, $110 day of event. Ticket price includes chocolate trailside treats, hot cider, hot chocolate, and/or hot coffee at designated stops along your ride as well as your Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest Service Trail Use Fee for the day ($10).
Tickets are non-refundable.
How to Get There: from Chelan, head west on Highway 150 (Manson Highway) toward Manson and follow the brown information signs with the cross-country skier on it. Travel about 2 miles to Boyd Road, turn right and follow Boyd Road up approximately 7 miles to Cooper Gulch Road. Continue past the Echo Valley Ski Area and take a right up the hill another 2 miles to the lower or the upper Echo Ridge parking lots.