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Afoot and Afield: Portland/Vancouver: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide
In nearly 200 trips Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver covers every hike within a one-hour drive of this metropolitan area. Hit the trail through dense old-growth forests, walk beside waterfalls, climb to viewpoints above massive glaciers, or wander through the quiet forests of a 5000-acre park in metro Portland itself. The hikes range from simple strolls through urban preserves to rugged climbs in the Columbia River Gorge and on glacier-clad Mt. Hood. Hikes that are great in cloudy weather are labeled, and each hike is shown on an up-to-date map. Each hike includes at-a-glance essential information — distance, time, elevation change, and difficulty rating.
453 pages, Paperback
First published March 5, 2008
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September 3, 2013
I have heard the author Doug Lorain give talks in Hillsboro, OR about the wonders of outdoors Oregon, as he described the best places to see spring wildflowers, seek fall color, and take a lot of wonderful scenic photos. A lot of that kind of info is in this book--especially the hiking routes required to find those sights!
No color photos, but a lot of B&W ones, with a lot of annotated maps and detailed descriptions of the hikes--and how to find the trails, if there are any!
The area covered is quite a bit past the confines of Portland/Vancouver--from the Coastal range well out into the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland.
No color photos, but a lot of B&W ones, with a lot of annotated maps and detailed descriptions of the hikes--and how to find the trails, if there are any!
The area covered is quite a bit past the confines of Portland/Vancouver--from the Coastal range well out into the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland.
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