Backpacking Washington: from volcanic peaks to rainforest valleys

✍ Scribed by Lorain, Douglas

• Publisher: Wilderness Press
• Year: 2007;2011
• Tongue: English
• Series: Backpacking
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Now completely updated for a second edition, Backpacking Washington remains the only comprehensive guide to all of the Evergreen State's best extended backpacking trips. Ranging from three days to two weeks, these 28 adventures visit every corner of the state, including the wild beaches of the Olympic Peninsula, the vast interior of the Pasayten Wilderness, Mt. Rainier's famous Wonderland Trail, the volcanic wasteland around Mt. St. Helens, and the little-known Salmo-Priest Wilderness, where hikers may glimpse grizzly bears.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Overview Map and Legend; Contents; Color Photo Gallery; Featured Trips Summary Chart; Preface; A Word About Motorcycles; A Word About the Second Edition; Introduction; General Tips on Backpacking in Washington; Wild Areas of Washington; FEATURE 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Overview Map and Legend
Contents
Color Photo Gallery
Featured Trips Summary Chart
Preface
A Word About Motorcycles
A Word About the Second Edition
Introduction
General Tips on Backpacking in Washington
Wild Areas of Washington
FEATURE 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 Larch Pass-Hidden Lakes Loop11 Eastern Pasayten Loop
12 Chelan Summit Trail (Northern Section)
13 Entiat River Loop
14 North Entiat Loop
15 Spider Meadow-Buck Creek Pass Loop
16 Pacific Crest Trail--Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
17 Chiwaukum-Ladies Pass Loop
18 Central Alpine Lakes Loop
19 Mount Rainier--Wonderland Trail Loop (Western Half)
20 Chinook Pass Loop
21 Goat Rocks Circuit
22 Mount Adams Highline Trail
23 Juniper Ridge-Boundary Trails
24 Northern Mount St. Helens Loop
25 Mount St. Helens Area Loops
26 Kettle Crest Trail
27 Salmo--Shedroof Traverse. 28 Wenaha-Tucannon LoopOTHER BACKPACKING OPTIONS
29 Elwha-Quinault Cross-Olympics Traverse
30 North Quinault-Skyline Trail Loop
31 Beaver Loop
32 Glacier Peak Loop
33 Northern Mount Rainier Loop
34 Indian Heaven Country
THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL
35 Columbia River to Mount Adams
36 Mount Adams to White Pass
37 White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass
38 Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass
39 Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass
40 Rainy Pass to Canada
Index
About the Author.

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