Day Hike Washington: Mount Rainier, 5th Edition - (Day Hike!) by Ron C Judd (Paperback)

About the Book

"Now fully updated for climate-change impacts to trails and ADA accessibility, the Day Hike series is perfect for national park enthusiasts and people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights at home. Whether you start from the Paradise area or Longmire or Mowich Lake, the 51 incredible hikes in this popular guidebook feature the stately forests, mountain vistas, alpine meadows, and glacial meadows unique to Mount Rainier. Each trail is rated from easy to extreme, giving first-time or veteran hikers the variety they want, as well as topographical maps, trail descriptions, and more"--

Book Synopsis

Discover the 51 best day-hike trails in and around Washington State's scenic Mount Rainier.

Now fully updated for climate-change impacts to trails and ADA accessibility, the Day Hike series is perfect for national park enthusiasts and people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights at home.

Whether you start from the Paradise area or Longmire or Mowich Lake, the 51 incredible hikes in this popular guidebook feature the stately forests, mountain vistas, alpine meadows, and glacial meadows unique to Mount Rainier. Each trail is rated from easy to extreme, giving first-time or veteran hikers the variety they want, as well as topographical maps, trail descriptions, and more.

Review Quotes

Praise for the Day Hike! series:
"[Most guidebooks are by] backpackers who occasionally day hike. But most people are day-hikers, who occasionally backpack. And that's the key difference to this series."
--Ron C. Judd

"The series . . . earns points for rating each individual trip on a five-scale and for providing a comparative overview of all hikes in each book's introductory pages. For those of us who like to cherry-pick trails, ratings simplify our task."
--Seattle Times

"The presentation of basic facts (distance, elevation gain, maps, permits, etc.) is excellent and easy to follow. In addition to helpful topographical maps, the guides feature elevation profiles--an inspired addition!"
--Olympian

About the Author

Washington-state native RON C. JUDD, a veteran columnist and reporter at the Seattle Times, has spent most of his life exploring the trails, campgrounds, streams, and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. The author of a half dozen bestselling guidebooks, two humor books, and a fan's guide to the Winter Olympics, he lives in Bellingham, Washington.