Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest

by Robert L. Wood

* 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Guidebook, Reference

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1984

Reviews

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guide does a very good job of organizing a difficult to organize area.

[Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most complete trail guide of the Olympics that I have seen. I have been on quite of few of the trails and the accuracy of the routes has been great as well. I can not attest to the accuracy of all of the trails yet. If you want to explore the Olympic Mountains this is the book to get.