With tourism serving as the economic backbone of the community, locals want visitors to know they’re committed to restoring their mountain paradise.
STEHEKIN, Wash. — Seven inches of rain falling on hillsides scarred by last year’s Pioneer Fire has triggered multiple debris flows in the remote town Stehekin, which sits on the northern tip of Lake Chelan. The debris flows washed out critical roads and destroyed a wastewater treatment plant attached to the Stehekin Lodge.
While the septic system for the lodge is gone for the foreseeable future, most homes operate on their own septic systems and wells, though residents won’t know the status of those
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