One Night Wilderness: Portland: Top Backcountry Getaways Within Three Hours of the City
Copyright © 2020 Becky Ohlsen
Copyright © 2009 Douglas Lorain
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Published by Wilderness Press
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Printed in the United States of America
Second edition, first printing
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ISBN 978-0-89997-894-9 (pbk.); ISBN 978-0-89997-895-6 (ebook)
Photos: © 2020 by Becky Ohlsen, unless otherwise noted
Cartography: Scott McGrew and Douglas Lorain
Cover design: Scott McGrew
Interior design: Monica Ahlman
Project editor: Holly Cross
Copy editor: Kate Johnson
Proofreader: Emily Beaumont
Indexer: Rich Carlson
Cover photos: Front: Snowgrass Flat Loop (Trip 11); back: Lower
Deschutes River Canyon (Trip 31); both © 2020 by Becky Ohlsen
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“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”
—John Muir, Our National Parks (1901)
Contents
Tips on Backpacking in the Pacific Northwest
Advice for the First-Time Backpacker
Reintroducing Yourself to Backpacking
Introducing Your Kids to Backpacking
Southeastern Olympic Mountains
1 Duckabush River Trail
2 Lake of the Angels
3 Lena Lakes
Southern Mount Rainier and the Goat Rocks
4 Goat Lake and Gobblers Knob
5 Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground and Pyramid Park
6 Indian Bar and Cowlitz Park
7 Dumbbell and Sand Lakes Loop
8 Cispus Point
9 Packwood Lake and Coyote Ridge Loop
10 Heart Lake
11 Snowgrass Flat Loop
Mount St. Helens and Vicinity
12 Dome Camp
13 Goat Mountain and Green River Loop
14 Mount Margaret Backcountry Lakes
15 Lewis River Trail
16 Quartz Creek
17 Siouxon Creek
Mount Adams and Indian Heaven
18 Dark Meadow via Jumbo Peak
19 Foggy Flat and Avalanche Valley
20 High Camp and Killen Creek
21 Horseshoe Meadow and Crystal Lake
22 Sunrise Camp
23 Lemei and Blue Lakes Loop
24 Lake Wapiki
Oregon Coast and Coast Range
25 Tillamook Head
26 Soapstone Lake
Columbia River Gorge
27 Silver Star Mountain
28 Soda Peaks Lake
29 Herman Creek Trail
30 North, Bear, and Warren Lakes
31 Lower Deschutes River Canyon
Mount Hood and Vicinity