Day Hiking Central Cascades: Stevens Pass * Glacier Peak Wilderness * Lakes Wenatchee & Chelan (Day Hiking Series) - Softcover

Romano, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1680515578 ISBN 13: 9781680515572

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 2023

Synopsis

"...an indispensable resource for planning truly memorable excursions in the Central Cascades." -- Midwest Book Review

This book features:

• Detailed route descriptions, maps, trailhead GPS locations, and driving directions
• Quick-reference icons for wildflowers, old-growth forest, historical significance, suitable for kids or dogs, and more
• Trails rated for quality, crowds, and difficulty
• Options to extend many hikes
• At-a-glance chart to quickly compare and select an outing
• 1% of all sales support trail maintenance

With dramatic mountains, abundant alpine lakes, and some of the finest tracts of old-growth forest the Pacific Northwest has to offer, the Central Cascades are well worth exploring. In this new edition, guidebook author extraordinaire Craig Romano provides all the up-to-date and enticing details you need for 136 trail adventures in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, along the shores of Lake Chelan, around Stevens Pass and Leavenworth, and more.

Looking for sun-baked basalt? It’s here! Wildflowers in a shrub-steppe environment? Check! Pockets of interior rainforest? Got it! Quick and easy access? You bet! What about some remote trails where you’ll find that much-needed solitude? That’s here too, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Craig Romano is a prolific and award-winning author, an ardent conservationist, and a Northwest trails and hiking expert. He hikes, runs ultra-marathons, paddles, and bikes and has written for more than two dozen publications including Northwest Travel and Life and Washington Trails; and for numerous tourism publications and websites. He provides weekly content for Hikeoftheweek.com and is co-host of the Washington State Hiking podcast. He lives in Skagit County, Washington, but he is most frequently out hiking or trail running somewhere, often accompanied by his wife, Heather, and son, Giovanni. Visit Craig online at craigromano.com, on Facebook at Craig Romano guidebook author, and on Instagram @craig.romano.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1680515578
• ISBN 13: 9781680515572
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376