Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Weather 2
Flora and Fauna 2
Wilderness Restrictions and Regulations 3
How to Use This Guide 3
Trail Finder 5
Map Legend 7
The Hikes
North Cascades
1 Yellow Aster Butte 10
2 Skyline Divide 14
3 Oyster Dome 18
4 Maple Pass Loop 22
5 Park Butte-Railroad Grade Moraine 27
6 Thunder Creek 32
7 Cascade Pass 36
8 Hidden Lake Lookout 41
9 Horseshoe Basin 45
10 Tiffany Mountain 50
11 Lookout Mountain (Methow Valley) 54
12 Mount Pilchuck 57
13 Gothic Basin 62
14 Beckler Peak 68
15 Wallace Falls 72
16 Kendall Katwalk 76
17 Mirror Lake 80
18 Rachel Lake and Rampart Lakes 85
19 Lake Ingalls 90
Honorable Mentions
A Church Mountain 95
B Winchester Mountain 95
C Ira Spring Trail, Mason Lake 95
D Cutthroat Pass 96
E Mount Dickerman 96
F Boulder River 96
G Raptor Ridge 96
H Meander Meadow 97
South Cascades
20 Summerland and Panhandle Gap 100
21 Burroughs Mountain: Second Burroughs Loop 104
22 Naches Peak Loop 108
23 High Rock Lookout 111
24 Snowgrass Flat and Goat Ridge Loop 114
25 Juniper Ridge 119
26 Twin Sisters Lakes and Tumac Mountain 122
27 Killen Creek Meadows 126
28 Norway Pass 130
29 Indian Heaven Loop 134
30 Lewis River 139
31 Hamilton Mountain Loop 143
Honorable Mentions
I Dog Mountain 148
J Mount Beljica 148
K Spray Park 148
L Grove of the Patriarchs 149
M Lily Basin 149
Northeast Washington
32 Northrup Canyon 152
33 Whistler Canyon 157
34 Dishman Hills Conservation Area-Iller Creek Unit 160
35 Sherman Peak Loop 164
36 Grassy Top 168
37 Shedroof Mountain 172
Honorable Mentions
N Steamboat Rock 176
O Mankato Mountain 176
P Kettle Crest North 176
Q Abercrombie Mountain 177
Southeast Washington
38 Manastash Ridge-Ray Westberg Trail 180
39 Black Canyon 185
40 Ancient Lakes 190
41 Cowiche Canyon 195
42 White Bluffs North Slope 199
43 Kamiak Butte Pine Ridge Trail 203
44 Oregon Butte 208
Honorable Mentions
R L. T. Murray Area Hikes-Umtanum Canyon, Umtanum Falls, Yakima Skyline 212
S Frenchman Coulee 212
T Gingko Petrified Forest State Park Backcountry 213
U Badger Mountain 213
V Juniper Dunes Wilderness 213
The Olympic Peninsula
45 Flapjack Lakes 216
46 Mount Ellinor 221
47 Marmot Pass 224
48 Grand Valley 228
49 High Divide Loop 232
50 Pete's Creek to Colonel Bob Peak 237
51 Queets River Trail 241
52 Rialto Beach to Hole-in-the-Wall 246
53 Shi Shi Beach-Point of the Arches 251
Honorable Mentions
W Hon River to Glacier Meadows 256
X Enchanted Valley 256
Y Silver Lake 256
Hike Index 257
About the Author 259
