July 7, 2025 Edition

The Bavarian Bulletin

Promotions Calendar Form Now Available

We continue to work on our new promotional calendar, and to make things more efficient, we now have a dedicated form you can use to share the details. Have a look!

Promo Form

Recreation Ambassador Report

Recreation Ambassador Program – Weekend Report 7/4 - 7/6

Holiday Weekend Summary 7/4, 7/5, 7/6 & 7/7

Weekend Summary:

Our Recreation Ambassador staff and volunteers were extra busy for the holiday weekend. Staff assisted recreators at Eightmile and Stuart Lake trailheads on Friday and are out again today (Monday). Additionally, staff directed unloading and parking at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery during the first week of the parking lot closure and free shuttle. Six volunteers from UV Young Life staffed the E. Leavenworth Boat Launch, Barn Beach River Access, and Icicle Bridge River Access. An additional six volunteers from UV Historical Society staffed Stuart Lake, Eightmile, and Icicle Gorge Trailheads. At Stuart Lake trailhead, volunteers counted 259 vehicles parked at 11 am on Saturday, with many drivers parked on the wrong side of the road impeding emergency vehicle access.

The Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery was also very busy with 43 cars parked along E. Leavenworth Road at 1 pm, and heavy use of the City’s free shuttle. The Hatchery parking lot will be locked for the remainder of the season, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service recommending that recreators do not float the river due to low water levels and the potential for harm to salmon spawning habitat.

Volunteer Impact:

Visitor Interactions: 2262(+817 from last week, +950 from same week last year)
Surveys Conducted: 60(57 Forest, 3 River)
Trash Removed: 11, 30 Gallon Bags

Survey Highlights (60 respondents):

Visitor Origin:

90% of hikers surveyed were not local(Wenatchee Valley), with most visitors coming from Washington, 4 from from New Hampshire and 1 from Mexico

Recreation Type:

45% of hikers surveyed hiked to Colchuck Lake
60/30/10 - Paddleboards/Tubers/Kayaks

Violations Reported:

Several dogs brought into the Enchantments
Several groups over the size limit(8). Most were happy to split up when informed of the regulations
One visitor attempted to light a firework mortar at Colchuck Lake, but was stopped by other recreators!

Conditions Reported:

Multiple survey respondents complained of dangerously overgrown trail conditions on the Eightmile and Caroline Lake Trailheads
Trailhead restroom trash cans are overfull. At trailheads without trash cans, trash is beginning to accumulate around the facilities
There was no toilet paper in the Stuart Lake Trailhead restrooms Saturday morning. Recreation ambassador staff stocked roughly 15 rolls of toilet paper at restrooms.

Transportation & Parking

65% of river users surveyed had previously heard about the City’s free river shuttle, several wished it started in June

Interested in volunteering? We are still looking for non-profits to volunteer for the Weekend of August 2/3.For more information please email Matt at Recreation@leavenworth.org or apply at Leavenworthchamber.org. Individuals can also reach out to be placed with a non-profit, or on a backup volunteer list.

Events this Coming Weekend

Event Calendar on Leavenworth.org

TWIL

(This Week in Leavenworth)

TWIL Printable PDF

FOOTFALL REPORTS

Week 26, 2025. 23 Jun 2025 - 29 Jun 2025

Headlines

The total number of visitors for the year to date is up 4.7% up on the previous year.

REMINDER: The numbers shown below are footfalls; the counting of the number of times a person walks by the camera, not the number of individual people that do so. The reports are based on the retail calendar for 2025.