Description

"...an indispensable resource for planning truly memorable excursions in the Central Cascades." -- Midwest Book Review

This book features:

Detailed route descriptions, maps, trailhead GPS locations, and driving directions
Quick-reference icons for wildflowers, old-growth forest, historical significance, suitable for kids or dogs, and more
Trails rated for quality, crowds, and difficulty
Options to extend many hikes
At-a-glance chart to quickly compare and select an outing
1% of all sales support trail maintenance

With dramatic mountains, abundant alpine lakes, and some of the finest tracts of old-growth forest the Pacific Northwest has to offer, the Central Cascades are well worth exploring. In this new edition, guidebook author extraordinaire Craig Romano provides all the up-to-date and enticing details you need for 136 trail adventures in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, along the shores of Lake Chelan, around Stevens Pass and Leavenworth, and more.

Looking for sun-baked basalt? It's here! Wildflowers in a shrub-steppe environment? Check! Pockets of interior rainforest? Got it! Quick and easy access? You bet! What about some remote trails where you'll find that much-needed solitude? That's here too, and more.