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Featuring full-color photographs and maps, the guide covers the best, most challenging, and most beloved hikes across the entire state, with a full range of trail options-from easy to strenuous, day hikes to backpacking trips. Each hike showcases outstanding scenery, dynamic geologic features, or not-to-be-missed adventures.This new edition features the following updates and changes: - All hikes written in Craig's own voice and based on his own current research - Expanded geography to cover hikes throughout Washington-including eastern Washington and the San Juans - New details such as trailhead GPS coordinates and permit and fee info for park and wilderness areas - Features fifty "Legacy Hikes"-ones that Spring and Manning deemed "classic" all those years ago and that still make the grade!

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Brand-new header info for all 60 hikes includes vital information on hiking with dogs. There is also updated trail information, text, maps, and/or photos, etc., for such hikes as Iron Goat Trail, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Dirty Harry's Peak, Flaming Geyser State Park, Mailbox Peak, Franklin Falls, and many others. In addition, the book covers Washington State's two newest Wilderness Areas, Wild Sky Wilderness (established 2008) and Alpine Lakes Wilderness (expanded in 2014).

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Get ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on: Choosing the right items for your kit. Manufacturing needed tools and supplies. Collecting and cooking food. Protecting yourself from the elements. With Canterbury's guidance, you'll not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation, you'll also learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined.

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What to eat, where to find it, and how to cook it! All you need to know about packing, trapping, and preparing food for your treks and wilderness travels. Whether you're headed out for a day hike or a weeklong expedition, you'll find everything you need to survive--and eat well--out in the wild. Canterbury makes certain you're set by not only teaching you how to hunt and gather, but also giving you recipes to make while on the trail. Complete with illustrations to accompany his instructions and a full-color photo guide of plants to forage and those to avoid, this is the go-to reference to keep in your pack.

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This easy introduction to outdoor life will ensure that even a novice won't get lost in the woods while finding an activity he loves to do in the great outdoors--whether it's hiking a 14er or camping on ice. With 400 strategies for engaging in the outdoors, and expert tips and tricks, The Great Outdoors: A User's Guide makes Mother Nature easier to understand than ever before. Brendan Leonard, writer, filmmaker, and outdoor adventurer, shows the reader how rewarding it can be to live life away from the computer and get outside. From mountain climbing, to skiing, sledding, and sailing, Leonard shows that you don't need to be a risk taker to enjoy the outdoors. And if the reader does find himself at the point of man vs. nature, Leonard shares survival skills from how to bandage a wound and read a topographical map, to how to drive on sand and remove a tick from your skin--all organized thematically and written in short takeaway entries with helpful line drawings. Bound in a uniquely rugged (and waterproof!) PVC cover material, The Great Outdoors: A User's Guide is a friendly way into the outdoor lifestyle, whether you're looking to dabble or go all in.

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Hiking Waterfalls in Washington includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos of the area's most scenic waterfall hikes. Explore Madison Creek Falls on the Olympic Peninsula, trek through the North Cascades forest to Cedar Hollow Falls, or discover Comet Falls in the iconic Mt. Rainier National Park. Look inside to Find: Hikes suited to every ability, Mile-by-mile directional cues, GPS coordinates, Trail Finder to help choose the best hike for you-including hikes with back-country camping, swimming holes, and roadside waterfalls.

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Planning an outdoor adventure? Make sure to consult this information-packed and photo-filled North American field guide--arranged by season and region--before you go! 400 color photos and detailed information on more than 200 species of edible plants all across North America. Each entry includes images, plus facts on the plant's habitat, physical properties, harvesting, preparation, and poisonous look-alikes. The introduction contains tempting recipes and there's a quick-reference seasonal key for each plant.

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