Alpine Lakes Wilderness - by Nathan Barnes & Jeremy Barnes (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

• 100 hikes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, including the newly protected Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
• Mix of day hikes and classic backpacking routes
• Stunning, oversized full-color guide

The lush Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington's Central Cascades contains a plethora of trails, rugged glacier-carved mountains, and more than 700 sparkling alpine lakes and ponds. Accessed via nearly 50 trailheads, more than 600 miles of trails offer hikers leisurely strolls along wooded creeks, climbs up mountain passes, or lunch spots next to glassy tarns. It is one of the most popular and beloved places for hikers in this region.

The all-new guide, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, features a wide range of hikes that vary in difficulty, geography, and theme so that hikers of any age and skill level will find trails that fit their taste. Easy to use, the guide includes details on overnight permits, car-camping options near wilderness access points, detailed maps, elevation gain/ loss, and turn-by-turn mileage and directions. Interesting historical background and natural history round out the trail descriptions.





Review Quotes




[An] easy to use guide to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness hiking smorgasbord.--Diane Spicer "Hiking For Her"

A beautiful book.--John Kruse "Northwestern Outdoors Radio"

Alpine Lakes Wilderness is easy-to-use, informative, and brimming with full-color photographs that make it a joy to simply page through. Highly recommended!-- "Midwest Book Review"

Alpine Lakes Wilderness is terrific addition to the canon of Northwest hiking books, and would be a fabulous gift for the hiker of any experience and ability. It will inspire you to put on the boots and head out to new trails.--Hilary Meyerson "Seattle Magazine"

Mountaineers Books' new, exhaustive guide to hiking all over the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Central Washington...breaks out 100 hikes, with details you'd expect, like distance and difficulty, and extra information that sometimes gets forgotten, like where the best views are and the history of each place.-- "1889 Washington's Magazine"

I have read the new guide [Alpine Lakes Wilderness: The Complete Hiking Guide] cover to cover, reminiscing about old hikes and even planning a few new ones. I have many old guides on my library shelves, but this is, hands down, the best I have ever seen.--Dan Evans, former Washington State Governor