* 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.

Revised guide to every trail in the Olympics, including scenic and historic highlights, mileages, elevations.

Key to exploring these challenging peaks is this classic climber's guide to the Olympics. Here are detailed route descriptions for the hard basalt lava peaks of Constance and The Brothers, the high-angle faces of The Needles and Sawtooth Ridge, the hard sandstone and vast glaciers of Mt. Olympus, and hundreds of other mountains large and small. The text also provides general information on the mountains and all access routes, plus winter travel information, ski and snowshoe routes, and high alpine traverses.

Illustrated and annotated Expeditions into the Olympic Mountains in the late 1800s ventured into one of the last unexplored areas of the continental United States. In this thorough work, Carsten Lien has uncovered and preserved original newspaper articles, diaries, journals, and official accounts'much of which would otherwise have remained inaccessible or been lost. Illustrated with original drawings, newspaper facsimiles, and maps, and annotated with commentary by historians, this book will be the standard reference for anyone interested in the unique history of this region.

The story of the first crossing of the Olympic range by a band of men during one of the worst winters in recorded history

Provides a wealth of information on the sport of hiking, lists 387 hiking areas state-by-state, and rates the major trails according to terrain, visual beauty, and degree of difficulty.