Douglas Lorain, Mark Wetherington

Backpacking Washington (eBook, ePUB)

From Volcanic Peaks to Rainforest Valleys

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Get ready for a lifetime of awe-inspiring adventures

In Washington, backpackers can explore wild beaches, enjoy sparkling lakes and streams, hike amid stunning granite peaks, relax in wildflower meadows, and pass through unspoiled forests. Discover 26 of Washington's best and most diverse backpacking trips (plus 13 bonus ones) with expert backpackers Douglas Lorain and Mark Wetherington. Backpacking Washington details the premier opportunities across the entire state. This fully updated edition describes scenic escapes ranging from one night to two weeks. Choose from carefully crafted trips in Mount Rainier National Park, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, the North Cascades, the Olympic Coast, the Olympic Mountains, Pasayten Wilderness, Salmo-Priest Wilderness, and more. Each carefully crafted itinerary offers geographic diversity, beautiful landscapes, and attainable daily mileage goals.

This in-depth guide provides all the information backpackers need, including trail highlights, mileage, elevation gain, days on the trail, shuttle distances, required permits, and more-not to mention photographs and detailed trail maps. Plus, ratings for scenery, solitude, and difficulty help you to find the exact adventure you seek. Whether you're a novice backpacker or a veteran hiker, with this many options, you may have trouble deciding where to go first!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilderness Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780899978574
• Artikelnr.: 58632678

Autorenporträt

Douglas Lorain's family moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1969, and he has been hitting the trails of his home region ever since. With the good fortune to grow up in an outdoor-oriented family, he has vivid memories of countless camping, hiking, bird-watching, and other trips in every corner of this spectacular area. He calculates that, over the years, he has logged well over 32,000 trail miles in this corner of the continent, and despite a history that includes being bitten by a rattlesnake, being shot at by a hunter, getting stuck in quicksand, being charged by grizzly bears (twice!), and donating countless gallons of blood to "invertebrate vampires," he happily sees no end in sight.

Lorain is a photographer and recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award. His books cover only the best trips from the thousands of hikes and backpacking trips he has taken throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and beyond. His photographs have been featured in numerous magazines, calendars, and books, and his other guidebook titles include 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon, Top Trails: Olympic National Park and Vicinity, One Best Hike: Mount Rainier's Wonderland Trail, Backpacking Oregon, and Backpacking Idaho.

After spending decades exploring the trails of the Pacific Northwest, he now lives in Hamilton, Montana, with his wife, Becky Lovejoy.

Mark Wetherington began backpacking in 2007 while a student at the University of Kentucky and obsessively explored the trails and landforms of the Southeast before moving to Montana in 2014. Since arriving in Big Sky Country, he has spent as much time as possible exploring the wilderness areas and other public lands of Montana, Washington, and Idaho via boots, snowshoes, and cross-country skis. Seeking the next "best place to wake up"-from alpine lakes to abandoned fire lookouts-serves as his main inspiration for backpacking.

Wetherington has worked in outdoor retail, as a freelance writer, and as a visitor services information assistant for the U.S. Forest Service in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. He has been lucky enough to find a career working in public libraries and lives in Hamilton, Montana.

Inhaltsangabe

Trail Map Legend
Featured Trips Summary Table
A Word About Motorcycles
A Word About the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Safety Notice
General Tips on Backpacking in Washington
Wild Areas of Washington
Featured Trips Overview Map
The Trips
1. Olympic Coast: North
2. Olympic Coast: South
3. High Divide-Hoh River Traverse
4. Enchanted Valley-LaCrosse Basin Loop
5. Northeastern Olympics Loop
6. Dungeness-Marmot Pass Loop
7. Northern North Cascades Loop
8. Southern North Cascades Loop
9. Western Pasayten-Ross Lake Loop
10. Buckskin Ridge-Ptarmigan Peak Loop
11. Eastern Pasayten Loop
12. Chelan Summit Trail
13. Entiat River Loop
14. Downey Creek to Cub Lake
15. Glacier Peak Loop
16. Chiwaukum-Ladies Pass Loop
17. Alpine Lakes Traverse
18. Northern Mount Rainier Loop
19. Mount Rainier: Wonderland Trail Loop
20. Goat Rocks Circuit
21. Mount Adams Highline Trail Loop
22. Mount Margaret Backcountry Loop
23. Loowit Trail Loop
24. Yakima Skyline Trail
25. Salmo-Priest Loop
26. Wenaha-Tucannon Loop
Other Backpacking Options
Index
About the Authors