Cancelled- not enough snow! We will hold another beacon search on January 11!

RESCHEDULED TO 12/18 DUE TO THE STORMS!

Please register here! (FREE!)

The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) offers free avalanche classes to the public throughout our forecast area. These classes are a 90 minute introductory presentation geared towards the novice wintertime backcountry user. Avalanche Awareness Classes are offered from October-March.

Course Description

Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard, or snowmobile, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. This introductory class provides a basic approach to managing risk. NWAC instructors will explain how to access avalanche and mountain weather forecasts and recognize basic signs of avalanche danger.

PLEASE BRING A CAMP CHAIR TO SIT IN!

Join us at Colchuck for a night of women-centric short ski films!

Ever heard of “Girl Dinner”? Filled with yummy small bites and your favorite snacks, we wanted this film tour to reflect the dinners we love so much - short films with range. These stories will fill you up with rad skiing, deep storytelling, and good humor - just like your favorite mix of food for “girl dinner.”

Film Line-Up:

• Mimic - Feat. Piper Kunst

• Trails Still Blazing - Feat. Megan McJames

• Queen of the Catskills - Feat. Julie McGuire

• Dear Superhero - Feat. Janina Kuzma with Leanne Pelosi and Evelina Nilsson

• Let My People Go Skiing - Feat. Ellen Bradley

• That One Friend - Feat. - Sierra Schlag and Waverly Chin

We hope these screenings will provide a space to continue the celebration of women in snow sports. All are welcome!

For more information about the films, go to girlwinterfilmtour.com/films

Doors 6:30 PM // Films 7:00 PM

Please bring a camp chair!

Girl Winter is brought to you by our partners at Stio and supported by Ski Utah.

Join local packrafting enthusiast Jon Strahl for a slideshow presentation and discussion on exploration, climate change, and glaciers. The Alsek, is a free flowing river the size of the Columbia that cuts through two 16,000’ tall mountain ranges, and runs through three major protected areas: Kluane National Park and Reserve in the Yukon, Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park in British Columbia, and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. These parks form part of the largest contiguous protected wilderness area in the world. Over numerous trips down different parts of the river, Jon has witnessed the changing landscape.

Please bring a camp chair!  

Join us for a fun night of friendly cribbage games! Overall winner of the night receives a $50 giftcard! Open to all abilities including those who have never played. Please bring a board and a deck if you have one, and don’t forget a camp chair!

7:00 PM

We will be following this tutorial from Bikepacking.com to make seat harnesses for bikepacking from old tires! We will provide materials for a fee of $15, or you can bring your own old tire and Voile straps!

Butterfly in a Blizzard offers a deeply personal look into professional snowboarder Kimmy Fasani’s journey into motherhood, exploring how this new phase reshapes her past. Fasani and her family open all of the doors to capture her transformation from a globe-trotting winter sports icon to mom, while delving into the newly coined term matrescence. Experts in maternal health, with one calling it “the biggest story never told,” highlight this rarely explored time in a parent’s life. Throughout the film, Fasani faces repeated “blizzards” in her life, including identity shifts, childhood trauma, relationship struggles, and a breast cancer diagnosis. Over five years, raw and intimate footage reveals Fasani’s evolution as she navigates these storms. Join the ride as she works to maintain her place in snowboarding while striving to become the mother she aspires to be, shedding light on the complex balance of passion, career, and parenthood.

Doors 6:30 PM // Film 7:00 PM

Bring your camp chair!

Pressure Drop is the latest chapter in a 30-year journey—forged from a dream, fueled with cash from commercial fishing in Alaska, and driven by an obsession with life on the edge.

This film follows the world’s best skiers and snowboarders, alongside the next generation, through Alaskan spines, stacked pillow lines, massive cliffs, giant couloirs, deep powder, and insane jumps. From Norway to British Columbia, California to Alaska, and home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, each line becomes a brushstroke in the art of descent.

Pressure Drop captures that fleeting space between calm and chaos—when breath slows, vision sharpens, and the mountain demands everything. It’s the moment before gravity takes over.

For three decades, we’ve stood at the edge—where fear meets flow and everything else fades. Pressure Drop continues the tradition of what it means to dedicate your life to the fall line.

Locations: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Valdez, Alaska, Grand Targhee, Wyoming, Interior British Columbia, Haines, Alaska, Palisades Tahoe, California.

STARRING: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Ian McIntosh, Nick McNutt, Kai Jones, Parkin Costain, McRae Williams, Maggie Voisin, Colter Hinchliffe, Jim Ryan, Molly Armanino, Kirsty Muir, Grace Henderson, Troy Podmilsak, Teal Harle, Kelly Hilleke, Madison Rose Ostergren, Simon Hillis, Jeremy Jones, Cass Jones, Mia Jones.

Doors: 6:30

Film: 7:00

Cost: FREE!

Bring your camp chair!

Partner event at Luna Sandals! See you there!

Trailer

Doors: 6:30 PM

Films: 7:00 PM

Tickets at the door only: $12

All proceeds benefit Evergreen MTB Alliance!

Please bring a camp chair if you have one!

Let’s Talk: Body Shop

Let’s have some fun talking about these crazy skin bags we live in. Hali Fiano will be at Colchuck Consignment to discuss common movement patterns, connective tissue issues, and interesting things about the way we walk that make us less efficient. She comes with over 23 years of experience studying human movement and loves to talk shop. Sometimes just a little biomechanical hint can make all the difference. We will have a short lecture based on some of the common pain points she sees in her practice then follow it up with a healthy Q & A and freebies. 

Feel free to send your questions in ahead of time to Hali@awakebodies.com 

Please bring a camp chair if you have one!

EVENT INFO

Title: Return of a Wild Peshastin

Description: 

Rivers are wild by nature. But over time, we’ve drawn boundaries, built walls, and carved roads too close to their banks—shaping their paths to serve our needs rather than their own.

Now, Peshastin Creek has a rare opportunity to return to its wilder self—with a little kick-start from us. Through large-scale restoration efforts, the river will be given space to move again: to meander, to deposit wood, to rebuild the complexity that both salmon and paddlers thrive on.

For those of us who read water, this shift brings new features, a wilder experience, new hazards, and the opportunity to experience the transformation of a river that’s finding its voice again. This isn’t the same Peshastin Creek you’ve known—but that’s the point.

Join American Whitewater and Cascade Fisheries on May 21st at 5:30 pm at Colchuck Consignment to learn what’s changing, what it means for boaters, and how we can all embrace the return of a wilder Peshastin.

Buy tickets here!

For the third year, Colchuck Consignment and Icicle Creek Center for the Arts bring you No Man’s Land Film Festival at Snowy Owl Theater. Join us on May 16th the premier all-women + genderqueer adventure film festival, celebrating the full range of athletes and adventurers by un-defining femininity in adventure, sport, conservation, and film. We are proud to bring new stories told by diverse voices to our valley, and we can't wait for you to join us for an unforgettable evening of outdoor films!  

Don't miss out on this incredible event! It's an evening you won't want to miss, so grab your friends and come join us at the Snowy Owl Theater. We look forwad to seeing you there!

This year’s films feature stories of running, cycling, mountaineering, climbing, and skiing, told through Native, autistic, queer, trans, and Black voices.

Doors open at 6:30

Films begin at 7:00

Children are welcome; please note films include the following topics: eating disorder, death of a parent, and injury.

Join local bike and travel enthusiast Ryan, as he recounts a spiritual mountain bike trip through western Bhutan discovering amazing single track and experiencing Buddhist culture. Enjoy photos, a short film, and discussion.

Please bring a camp chair if you have one.

Join us to celebrate a successful winter season! Our consignors blew us away by consigning over 10,000 items this winter, helping us outfit the valley for skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, snowshoeing, and more! Consignors will get first dibs on our winter sale at this after hours event. Colchuck Consignment will provide tacos and beverages to enjoy while you shop and socialize. Consider bringing your own plate and cup to keep this a low waste event. Please RSVP so we can have the appropriate number of tacos!

7-9 PM.

Tacos

Beverages

First dibs on End of Season Sale! 30% off all winter gear and apparel!

Training Strategies for the Female-Bodied Athlete

Lessons from research and experience for athletes wishing to train in alignment with their menstrual cycle--and key adjustments to keep thriving through peri- and post-menopause

Let’s start with the good news—in the last few years, research on female athletes has increased by 50% The bad news? It’s gone from 4 to 6% of the total exercise science research… yikes. So how do you train when you’re not adequately represented in the research?

Come by Colchuck Consignment at 7pm, February 20th, to hear about what the research is starting to reveal about training for female bodied athletes, from pre- to peri- and post-menopause. Lyra Pierotti of MOVEmentum Training will present some of the current science, share things she has learned from coaching athletes (and being a lifelong athlete), and present some tools to help you tune in and personalize your training. 

All are welcome! The differences are critical for all who exercise to understand, so we can support each others’ athleticism and avoid unhelpful, unrepresentative, and uninformed training advice. You’ll leave with a list of monitoring tools and an abundance of training tips for all phases of a female athlete’s life.

Lyra Pierotti is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and an IFMGA Licensed Mountain Guide. Her career as a coach started out of necessity: Injury and overtraining threatened to end her beloved guiding career at just 30 years old. The common training approaches just weren’t working. Now 40, she is enjoying all of it more than ever, and looking forward to the next decade—armed with experience and a growing body of research to support female athletes through the menopause transition, and beyond.

Please bring a camp chair if you have one!

So you want to know about snowmobiling? An introduction to motorized snow travel.

We'll cover how to get started on the snowmobile journey, sled selection & basic maintenance, where and how to find places to ride, local clubs, and gear

The Farrell family, veteran backpackers, struck gold getting a Wonderland Trail lottery permit for mid August, and they had ambitious plans. Confronted with formidable weather, they had to pivot, but kept on, completing the loop and considering it one of the best trips they've ever taken. They want to share their story and inspire others to enter the lottery to visit this treasure of a trail.

Join Brian and Laura as they share photos from their trip to Norway and Italy last summer to ride their bikes, take in the scenery, and eat all the local snacks!

The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) offers free avalanche classes to the public throughout our forecast area. These classes are a 90 minute introductory presentation geared towards the novice wintertime backcountry user. 

Course Description

Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard, or snowmobile, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. This introductory class provides a basic approach to managing risk. NWAC instructors will explain how to access avalanche and mountain weather forecasts and recognize basic signs of avalanche danger.

This class is FREE. Please register HERE.

Join us for a ski film feast!

Ever heard of “Girl Dinner”? Filled with yummy small bites and your favorite snacks, we wanted this film tour to reflect the dinners we love so much - short films with range. These stories will fill you up with rad skiing, deep storytelling, and good humor - just like your favorite mix of food for “girl dinner.”

Girl Winter tour stops will make you want to start planning dawn patrols and lift laps for this upcoming season right this second! Each event will showcase 6 films. The event will run approximately an hour and a half.

We hope these screenings will provide a space to continue the celebration of women in snow sports. All are welcome!

Doors 6:30

Films 7:00

Please bring a camp chair if you have one, we have a limited number of chairs!

FREE

Colchuck Consignment is turning 4! on 12/15/2020, we launched as a website. We drove around the valley collecting your gear, loaded it on the website, and when it sold, we dropped it off on your doorsteps. It was all contactless and we never got to see the wonderful community that helped launch us. In June of 2021 we opened our first brick and mortar location on Mission Ave. in Cashmere and we began connecting with the folks who were helping bring our vision to life. In April of 2022, we moved into our current location where over 1800 consignors’ gear finds new homes with different members of our community looking to engage in the wonderful recreation opportunities that North Central Washington has to offer.

It has been a tremendous labor of love to get to where we are today. We couldn’t have done it without each and every community member who has supported us along the way. It’s time to CELEBRATE!

Join us at the shop on December 15 for some winter fun! We’ll have hot apple cider, a fire pit for roasting s’mores, we’ll be hiding FOUR $100 gift cards throughout the store, and Enchantment Mobile Sauna will be on site so you can reset and refresh for your upcoming winter adventures!

If you are planning to sauna, please arrive clean, free of make-up and lotions, with a swimsuit, and a towel! Sauna is first come first served; max of 6 persons in sauna at once!

Ever thought about tackling the challenge of hiking the Grand Canyon "Rim to Rim" in one day!? Come hear from Aaron and Katherine who did just that this past September - actually they did Rim to Rim To Rim (across and back) over 2 days!  Learn what you need to plan for logistically, physically and mentally.  Get tips on how to make the most of this grand experience all while getting a visual taste of what you can expect from the hundreds of pictures they took!

The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) offers free avalanche classes to the public throughout our forecast area. These classes are a 90 minute introductory presentation geared towards the novice wintertime backcountry user. 

Course Description

Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard, or snowmobile, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. This introductory class provides a basic approach to managing risk. NWAC instructors will explain how to access avalanche and mountain weather forecasts and recognize basic signs of avalanche danger.

This class is FREE. Register HERE.