A FalconGuide® to the Mount Baker-Mount Shuksan Area

by McQuaide, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780762730629
• ISBN10: 0762730625
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Falcon Guides

Summary

For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors. Nestled against the U.S.-Canadian border in northwestern Washington State, the Mount Baker- Mount Shuksan area is a wonderland for nature lovers, backpackers, mountaineers, and backcountry skiers. Use A FalconGuide to the Mount Baker-Mount Shuksan Area to explore the 400-square-mile region and discover ancient forests draped in mosses, subalpine meadows awash in wildflowers, and skyline ridges ending at the toes of icy glaciers.

Author Biography

A freelance writer and avid outdoor enthusiast, Mike McQuaide is a regular outdoor recreation contributor for the Seattle Times and has written two books, Day Hikes! North Cascades and Trail Running Guide to Western Washington. He has summited Mount Baker three times and Mount Shuksan once, and has hiked or run nearly every inch of dirt trail in the Mount Baker-Shuksan region in his more than fifteen years of living in Bellingham. His son, now four, is named Baker.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(14)
Natural and Cultural History	2	(6)
The Great Outdoors	8	(2)
Trail Etiquette	10	(1)
Getting Here	11	(1)
Where to Go and What to Do	12	(3)
Summer/Fall	15	(124)
North Side	15	(74)
Driving Tour	15	(8)
Easy Hikes and Walks	23	(15)
Day Hikes	38	(30)
Accessible Wilderness	68	(3)
Photography	71	(1)
Camping	72	(3)
Backpacking	75	(3)
Mountain Climbing and Scrambling	78	(7)
River Rafting	85	(1)
Biking	85	(4)
South Side	89	(50)
Driving Tour	89	(4)
Easy Hikes and Walks	93	(9)
Day 'Tikes	102	(15)
Nearby Hikes	117	(6)
Accessible Wilderness	123	(1)
Worth Stopping	124	(1)
Photography	124	(1)
Camping	125	(6)
Backpacking	131	(1)
Mountain Climbing	132	(2)
Canoeing and Kayaking	134	(3)
Fishing	137	(1)
Biking	137	(2)
Winter/Spring	139	(30)
North Side	139	(20)
Mount Baker Ski Area	139	(6)
Heather Meadows	145	(1)
Backcountry Excursions	146	(10)
Winter Hiking	156	(1)
Eagle Viewing	157	(2)
South Side	159	(10)
Backcountry Excursions	159	(5)
Winter Hiking	164	(1)
Canoeing and Kayaking	165	(1)
Eagle Viewing	166	(3)
Dining and Lodging	169	(2)
Annual Events	171	(1)
For More Information	172	(2)
Index	174	(5)
About the Author	179