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Overview
* Completely redesigned for easier use
* Includes five new hikes, more photos, and expanded route descriptions
* "The best book for trail descriptions in the Olympics." - The San Francisco Chronicle
With its moss-draped rain forests, alpine meadows brimming with wildflowers, and snow-capped mountains, the Olympic Peninsula is a hiker's paradise. Explore the Cat Creek Way Trail, a high-country route to a view of Oyster Lake, or trek along the Appleton Pass Trail where you might spy a fat marmot perched on one of the boulders along the path. This new edition of a tried-and-true classic to hiking the Olympic Peninsula contains all the facts for both day hikes and overnight backpack trips.
You'll find information on 177 hikes in the Olympic Mountains and extensive material on history, geology, native plants, and wildlife. Also find in this hiking guidebook numbered hikes for quick reference; detailed information blocks for each trail; and weather information for each section of the Olympic Mountains.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594854149 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Mountaineers Books, The |
| Publication date: | 05/31/2000 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 352 |
| File size: | 23 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
William E. Hoke came to the northwest from the Midwest in 1969 and was a graduate of the Mountaineers’ Basic Climbing course in 1970. Since then he has led summit climbs of Washington’s volcanoes and hiked more than 2,000 miles in Olympic National Park, much of it solo. Bill was an outdoor columnist for the Kitsap Sun and is the author of River Voices on the Duckabush: Poems and Life Stories.
Table of Contents
Preface 12
Introduction 15
How to Use This Guide 37
Map Legend 43
Part I Leeward Olympics
Lyre (Lake Crescent)
Roads 47
1 Spruce Railroad Trail 48
2 Fairholme Campground Trail 49
3 Pyramid Mountain Trail 50
4 Moments in Time Trail 51
*5 Barnes Creek Trail 51
6 Mount Storm King Trail 53
7 Marymere Falls Trail 54
8 Aurora Divide Trail 54
9 Aurora Creek Trail 55
10 Aurora Ridge Trail 56
Elwha
Roads 59
11 Elwha Trail 60
12 Cascade Rock Trail 64
13 Griff Creek Trail 65
14 West Elwha Trail 66
15 Smokey Bottom Trail 67
16 Happy Lake Ridge Trail 68
17 Olympic Hot Springs Trail 69
*18 Crystal Ridge Trail 70
19 Appleton Pass Trail 70
20 Boulder Lake Trail 72
*21 Cat Creek Way Trail 73
22 Hurricane Hill Trail 75
23 Smokey Hill Trail 76
24 Wolf Creek Trail 77
25 Rica Canyon Trail 78
26 Krause Bottom Trail 79
27 Geyser Valley Trail 80
28 Long Ridge Trail 81
*29 Anderson Ranch Way Trail 83
*30 Seek Way Trail 83
*31 Lillian River Trail 85
*32 Dodger Point Trail 86
33 Hayden Pass Trail 88
34 Low Divide Trail 89
35 Martins Park Trail 90
North Slope
Roads 93
36 Peabody Creek Trail 95
37 The Foothills Trail 96
38 Little River Trail 97
39 Heart o' the Forest Trail (Lake Creek Trail) 98
40 Klahhane Ridge Trail (Lake Angeles Trail) 99
41 Mount Angeles Trail 100
42 Switchback Trail 101
*43 Cox Valley Trail 102
44 Hurricane Hill Lookout Trail 103
45 PJ Lake Trail 104
46 Grand Pass Trail 104
47 Badger Valley Trail 106
48 Grand Ridge Trail 107
49 Elk Mountain Trail 109
50 Three Forks Trail 110
51 Deer Ridge Trail 112
52 Slab Camp Trail 114
53 Ned Hill Trail 115
54 Cat Creek Loop Trail 115
Dungeness-Graywolf
Roads 117
55 Lower Graywolf Trail 119
56 Upper Graywolf Trail 120
*57 Baldy Trail 122
58 Cameron Creek Trail 123
59 Cedar Lake Way Trail 126
60 Gold Creek Trail 127
61 Lower Dungeness Trail 127
62 Three O'clock Ridge Trail 128
63 Upper Dungeness Trail 129
64 Lower Maynard Burn Way Trail 131
*65 Upper Maynard Burn Way Trail 131
*66 Tyler Peak Way Trail 132
67 Royal Basin Trail 133
*68 Goat Lake Way Trail 135
69 Heather Creek Trail 137
*70 Charlia Lakes Way Trail 138
71 Tubal Cain Trail 139
72 Tull Canyon Trail 140
*73 Buckhorn Lake Way Trail 141
74 Silver Lakes Way Trail 141
75 Sleepy Hollow Trail 143
Quilcene
Roads 145
76 Mount Zion Trail 146
77 Snow Creek Trail 147
78 Deadfall Trail 148
79 Little Quilcene Trail 148
80 Lower Big Quilcene Trail 149
81 Notch Pass Trail 151
82 Upper Big Quilcene Trail 152
83 Mount Townsend Trail 154
84 Silver Lakes Trail 156
85 Tunnel Creek Trail 157
*86 Cunningham Pass Way Trail 158
87 Fallsview Loop Nature Trail 159
88 Rainbow Canyon Nature Trail 159
89 Mount Walker Trail 160
90 Elbow Creek Trail 161
Dosewailips
Roads 163
91 Dosewailips Trail 164
*92 Old Dosewailips Trail 168
*93 Muscott Basin Trail 169
94 Lake Constance Trail 170
95 West Fork Dosewailips Trail 171
96 Anderson Glacier Trail 172
97 Constance Pass Trail 172
98 Lost Pass Trail 175
Duckabush
Roads 177
99 Ranger Hole Trail 178
100 Interrorem Nature Trail 179
101 Murhut Falls Trail 179
102 Duckabush Trail 181
103 LaCrosse Pass Trail 182
104 LaCrosse Basin Trail 183
*105 Heart Lake Way Trail 185
106 Mount Jupiter Trail 185
Hamma Hamma
Roads 189
107 Lena Lake Trail 190
*108 The Brothers Trail 192
*109 Upper Lena Lake Trail 193
*110 Scout Lake Way Trail 194
*111 Stone Ponds Way Trail 195
112 Putvin Trail 196
113 Hamma Hamma Beaver Pond Trail 198
114 Living Legacy Interpretive Trail 199
*115 Mildred Lakes Way Trail 199
*116 Jefferson Ridge Trail 201
117 Elk Lake Trail 202
118 Jefferson Lake Trail 203
Part II Windward Olympics
North Fork Skokomish
Roads 207
119 Big Creek Nature Trail 208
120 Big Creek Upper Loop Trail 209
121 Mount Ellinor Connector Trail 210
122 Mount Ellinor Trail 210
*123 Jefferson Pass Trail 212
124 Mount Rose Trail 212
125 North Fork Skokomish Trail 214
126 Wagonwheel Lake Trail 216
*127 Mount Lincoln Way Trail 217
128 Shady Lane 218
129 Dry Creek Trail 219
130 Staircase Rapids Trail 220
131 Copper Creek Trail 222
132 Flapjack Lakes Trail 223
*133 Smith Lake Trail 224
*134 Black and White Lakes Way Trail 226
*135 Six Ridge Trail 226
*136 Mount Olson Trail 228
*137 Mount Hopper Way Trail 229
138 Monarch Grove/Snow Lake Trail 231
South Flank
Roads 234
139 Brown Creek Nature Trail 235
140 Lower South Fork Skokomish Trail 236
141 Camp Comfort Trail 237
142 Upper South Fork Skokomish Trail 238
143 Spider Lake Trail 239
*144 Cedar Creek Trail 240
145 Pine Lake Trail 240
146 Church Creek Shelter Trail 241
147 Church Creek Trail 242
*148 Anderson Butte Trail 244
149 Spoon Creek Falls Trail 245
150 Wynoochee Lake Shore Trail 247
151 Working Forest Interpretative Trail 248
*152 Wynoochee Trail 248
*153 Sundown Lake Way Trail 249
154 Lower Pete's Creek Trail 250
155 West Fork Humptullips Trail 251
156 Upper Pete's Creek Trail 253
Lake Quinault & East Fork Quinault
Roads 255
157 Higley Peak Trail 256
158 Maple Glade-Kestner Homestead Trail 257
159 Quinault Loop Trail 258
160 Quinault Rain Forest Nature Trail 259
161 Lodge Trail 260
162 Gatton Creek-Upper Gatton Loop Trail 261
163 Willaby Creek Trail 262
164 Wrights Canyon and World's Largest Sitka Spruce Trails 263
165 Colonel Bob Trail 263
166 Fletcher Canyon Trail 265
167 Graves Creek Campground Nature Trail 266
168 Enchanted Valley Trail 266
169 Graves Creek Trail 270
*170 Pyrites Creek Trail 271
171 O'Neil Pass Trail 272
North Fork Quinault
Roads 275
172 North Fork Quinault Trail 276
173 Big Creek Trail 278
*174 Finley Peak Trail 280
*175 Rustler Creek Trail 280
176 Elip Creek Trail 282
*177 Skyline Trail 282
Queets
Roads 287
178 Sam's Loop Trail 288
*179 Sam's River Trail 289
180 Queets Trail 291
*181 Kloochman Rock Trail 292
*182 Tshletshy Creek Trail 295
*183 Queets Basin Way Trail 297
Hoh
Roads 299
184 Hall of Mosses Nature Trail 300
185 Spruce Nature Trail 301
186 Hoh Trail 302
*187 South Snider-Jackson Trail 304
*188 Mount Tom Creek Trail 305
189 Hoh Lake Trail 306
190 South Fork Hoh Trail 308
Bogachiel-Calawah
Roads 311
191 Bogachiel Trail 312
192 Ira Spring Wetland Trail 315
193 North Snider-Jackson Trail 315
194 Rugged Ridge Trail 316
*195 Geodetic Hill Trail 317
Sol Duc
Roads 320
196 Pioneers Path Nature Trail 321
197 Kloshe Nanitch Trail 321
*198 Bigler Mountain Trail 323
199 Mount Mulier Trail 323
200 North Fork Sol Duc Trail 325
201 Mink Lake Trail 327
202 Lovers Lane 328
203 Sol Due Trail 328
204 Canyon Creek Trail 330
205 Seven Lakes Basin Trail 331
206 High Divide-Bailey Range Trail 332
Acknowledgments for the Fourth Edition 334
Acknowledgments for the Third Edition 335
Appendix 1 Beyond the Trails: Cross-Country Travel 337
Appendix 2 Resources 344
Appendix 3 Selected Reading 346
Index 347