Grade Creek Road in Chelan and provides a continuous trail all the way into Stehekin. 7,000 feet below on the lake shore runs the Lake Shore Trail, which leads into Stehekin from Prince Creek. The Lady of the Lake ferry services this trail head. Climate Stehekin has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen Dsb) with warm to hot summers and heavy winter snowfall. The precipitation pattern closely resembles a mediterranean climate and using the lower isotherm for the coldest month, Stehekin may be described as a highly unusual mediterranean climate. Winter temperatures are much colder than those encountered on the windward side of the Cascades, but are still moderate compared to areas further east. The overall temperature span has ranged from in summer to in winter. The coldest daily maximum measured was in December 1968. During the series of normals spanning from 1991 to 2020 the coldest annual maximum averaged a lot closer to the normals with . Summer nights can occasionally be very warm, with a record of from July 1907 and a three degrees Fahrenheit lower reading was measured in 2015. In a normal year, the warmest low is at . Telephone service Between March 15 and 28 of 2007, WeavTel, a telecommunications company based in Chelan, at the head of the lake, began normal operations of standard-delivery residential and business telephone service. After having only been served only by highly expensive satellite and radio telephones, Stehekin joined the Washington Telephone Grid after decades of isolation. Although the move was not widely accepted amongst residents, business owners agreed that there is a benefit to having normal telephone service. The service is currently limited to the Lower Stehekin Valley, around Stehekin Landing and the village proper, but WeavTel is applying for permits to extend the service into the Upper Valley using underground fiber-optic cables. The move was made possible under federal and state grants that provided support for any telecommunications company willing to extend service to rural areas. Although most other areas of North Central Washington have standard service, most of the areas outside of Wenatchee benefit from the grants as well. One of the first phone calls, a test call, was placed from Stehekin's Silver Bay Resort. See also Holden Village References External links Lake Chelan Attractions - Frommers Guide Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) Unincorporated communities in Chelan County, Washington Wenatchee–East Wenatchee metropolitan area