Discover the best day hike trails in and around Washington state’s scenic Mount Rainier.
Fully updated for climate change impacts to trails and ADA accessibility, this handy guidebook features the old-growth forests, glacier views, alpine lakes, and high meadows unique to Mount Rainier. Each trail is rated based on views, water features, solitude, and other enjoyability factors, with hikes ranging from easy to moderate to extreme. Day Hike Washington: Mount Rainier also provides topographical maps, distance and elevation gain, best times to go, and updated permit and parking fees. The Day Hike series includes information on trail accessibility for wheelchairs and strollers, making these guidebooks as inclusive as ever.
RON C. JUDD, a Washington- state native and 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.