Best Easy Day Hikes Mount Rainier National Park, 2nd

by Heidi Schneider and Mary Skjelset

• ISBN13: 9780762736270
• ISBN10: 0762736275
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

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. Best Easy Day Hikes Mount Rainier features concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for twenty-nine short hikes on well-defined trails through some of the most spectacular scenery in Washington.

Author Biography

Heidi Schneider is a medical student at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon.

Mary Skjelset is a law student at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

Both are coauthors for the book Hiking Mount Rainier National Park (FalconGuide).

Table of Contents

Overview Map	p. iv
Map Legend	p. vi
What Is a "Best Easy Day Hike"?	p. 1
Ranking the Hikes	p. 2
Zero Impact	p. 3
Getting There	p. 5
Visitor Facilities	p. 9
The Hikes
Skyline Trail	p. 13
Rampart Ridge	p. 18
Narada Falls	p. 22
Comet Falls	p. 27
Trail of the Shadows	p. 30
Alta Vista Summit	p. 33
Nisqually Vista	p. 37
Dead Horse Creek	p. 41
High Lakes Trail	p. 45
Pinnacle Peak Saddle	p. 49
Paradise Glacier	p. 52
Snow Lake	p. 56
Stevens Creek	p. 60
Box Canyon	p. 63
Silver Falls	p. 66
Grove of the Patriarchs	p. 70
Naches Peak	p. 73
Dege Peak	p. 77
Sourdough Ridge Nature Trail	p. 81
Silver Forest	p. 84
Emmons Moraine	p. 88
Mount Fremont Lookout	p. 91
Forest Lake	p. 95
Sunrise Rim	p. 98
Green Lake and Ranger Falls	p. 104
Tolmie Peak	p. 107
Spray Falls	p. 112
Chenuis Falls	p. 115
Twin Firs Loop	p. 119
About the Authors	p. 122
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