Trail Running Guide to Western Washington Over 50 Great Trail Runs

by McQuaide, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781570612732
• ISBN10: 1570612730
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-11
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Summary

Runners everywhere are leaving the blacktop in search of great off-road runs. Just in time for this hot new trend is the only guide available to the best trail running routes in Western Washington. Longtime trail runner Mike McQuaide describes over fifty easily accessible routes, in the mountains and foothills and along the shore-lines, rivers, and lakes of Western Washington. Here is all the information runners want about distance, difficulty, trail conditions, estimated running times, and alternate routes, along with photographs and detailed maps. McQuaide also provides plenty of expert information about trail running safety, equipment, technique, and conditioning.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	x
The Growth of Trail Running	xii
The Art of Trail Running	xiii
About This Book	xix
How to Use This Book	xx
Route Descriptions	xxii
BELLINGHAM / MOUNT VERNON	1	(38)
North Lake Whatcom	1	(3)
Lookout Mountain Towers	4	(3)
Lookout Mountain Intestine	7	(4)
Lake Padden	11	(3)
Hemlock Trail/Raptor Ridge	14	(4)
Chuckanut Ridge-Lost Lake Loop	18	(4)
Blanchard Mountain Loop	22	(3)
Squires Lake/Alger Mountain	25	(3)
Little Mountain	28	(3)
Heart Lake-Mount Erie Loop	31	(4)
Whistle Lake	35	(4)
MOUNT BAKER HWY / HWY 20	39	(17)
Hannegan Peak	39	(4)
Chain Lakes Loop	43	(4)
Scott Paul Trail	47	(3)
Baker Lake	50	(3)
Cascade Pass-Sahale Arm	53	(3)
SAN JUAN ISLANDS	56	(10)
Mountain Lake to Mount Constitution	56	(3)
Mount Constitution/Pickett Loop	59	(4)
Cascade Lake Loop	63	(3)
EVERETT	66	(13)
Spencer Island	66	(3)
Mount Pilchuck	69	(3)
Wallace Falls State Park	72	(3)
Iron Goat Trail	75	(4)
SEATTLE / BELLEVUE	79	(11)
St. Edward State Park	79	(3)
Discovery Park Loop	82	(3)
Washington Park Arboretum	85	(3)
Mercer Slough Nature Park	88	(2)
I-90 / SNOQUALMIE PASS	90	(44)
Wilderness Peak Loop	90	(3)
Cougar Mountain Ring	93	(4)
Squak Mountain Loop	97	(4)
West Tiger 3	101	(3)
West Tiger Three-Summit Loop	104	(4)
South & Middle Tiger	108	(5)
Tiger Mountain 6/12 Summits	113	(4)
Mount Si	117	(3)
Rattlesnake Mountain	120	(4)
Snoqualmie Valley Trail	124	(3)
Melakwa & Pratt Lakes Loop	127	(4)
Kendall Katwalk	131	(3)
TACOMA / OLYMPIA	134	(12)
Point Defiance Park	134	(3)
Margaret McKenny Loop	137	(3)
Capital Peak	140	(3)
Millersylvania State Park	143	(3)
MOUNT RAINIER	146	(10)
Ipsut Creek-Spray Park Loop	146	(4)
Camp Sheppard-Forest Shelter Loop	150	(3)
Wonderland to Panhandle Gap	153	(3)
OLYMPIC PENINSULA	156	(11)
Elk Mountain	156	(4)
Spruce Railroad Trail	160	(3)
Ozette Trails	163	(4)
MOUNT ST. HELENS	167	(6)
Loowit Trail	167	(6)
Resources	173	(3)
Race Calendar	176	(2)
Index	178	(4)
About the Author	182