Best Winter Walks & Hikes: Puget Sound - Softcover

Spring, Ira; Manning, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089886822X ISBN 13: 9780898868227

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 2002

Synopsis

Don't let winter weather keep you indoors! Best Winter Walks & Hikes Puget Sound, 2nd Ed. offers typically snow-free trails for winter walks and hikes. From urban parks in Seattle and the eastside communities to the foothills and lowlands of the Nisqually River, from the Issaquah Alps to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas -- there are outdoor experiences waiting for you wherever you go.
The guidebook also includes trips to the north Puget Sound area, including the boulders of Devil's Garden, and beautiful Chuckanut Mountain, as well as trails in the spectacular Mima Mounds and Black Hills Crest areas of South Puget Sound.

About this title

About the Author:

Photographer and writer IRA SPRING'S crisp, breathtaking images of the Northwest wilderness have been inspiring outdoor enthusiasts for several decades. His creative stamp can be found in more than forty books on the outdoors, including Mountaineers Books' titles such as, An Ice Ax, A Camera, And A Jar of Peanut Butter. Ira Spring was also one of the original contributers to the 100 Classic Hikes series. One of the Northwest's most active trail lobbyists, Spring was given the 1992 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award for his volunteer efforts toward trail preservation and funding.

HARVEY MANNING is a well-known author and wilderness advocate. He is the coauthor of many of the original versions of titles in The Mountaineers Books' 100 Hikes Series. His work with on the 100 Hikes Series lay the groundwork for what would later become the Day Hiking series.

Review:

This book is a valuable addition to any hiker's library...Some of your favorite year-round hikes may have gone away or dramatically changed and this book is as up-to-date as it can be. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 089886822X
• ISBN 13: 9780898868227
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288