The Creaky Knees Guide Washington, 3rd Edition

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The Creaky Knees Guide Washington, 3rd Edition

The 100 Best Easy Hikes

by Seabury Blair Jr.

Explore the beauty of Washington’s natural landscape with this fully updated guide featuring the 100 best low-impact day hikes in the state—perfect for aging baby boomers, seniors, those traveling with small children, and anyone else interested more in a stroll than a climb.

From the Olympic Peninsula to Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass, The Creaky Knees Guide Washington is a day-hiking guidebook filled with kinder, gentler trails, featuring 100 of the best easy-to-walk hikes throughout the state. Written in an informative style that will appeal to anyone, regardless of age, this helpful guide includes trail ratings from 1 (worthwhile) to 5 (spectacular) based on water features and other enjoyable factors; topographical maps with elevation profiles; and information at a glance, such as recommended seasons, estimated hiking times, permit and parking
fees, and distance and elevation gain.

HIKES INCLUDE:
▪ Bridal Veil Falls
▪ Rialto Beach
▪ Beacon Rock
▪ Ginkgo Petrified Forest Trails
▪ Painted Rocks
▪ Chain Lakes Loop
▪ Middle Fork Snoqualmie
▪ Hyak Tunnel
▪ Turnbull National
▪ Wildlife Refuge
▪ and many more!

Other titles in Creaky Knees easy hike series include Creaky Knees Oregon, Creaky Knees Northern California, and Creaky Knees Arizona.

Feb 01, 2022 | Price: $21.00

Seabury Blair Jr. is a freelance Pacific Northwest travel writer and retired columnist and outdoors editor for the Kitsap Sun newspaper. He is the recipient of national writing awards from Scripps Howard and Associated Press Sports Editors. Seabury Blair Jr. has written numerous hiking guides, including Backcountry Ski! Washington; Day Hike Inland Northwest: Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Sandpoint; Day Hike Washington: Olympic Peninsula; The Creaky Knees Guide Washington; The Creaky Knees Guide Oregon; and Wild Roads Washington. As a youngster in Spokane, Washington, he hiked—often lost—around the hills of his native city. He continues to get lost (though with far greater skill) after six decades of practice, on the trails from the Olympic Peninsula to the Canadian Rockies, from the Oregon Cascades to Glacier National Park. He is a hardcore backcountry skier and hiker, and lives near Spokane, Washington, with his wife, Marlene, who is a graphic artist and mapmaker.

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