Olympic Mountains

Olympic Mountains
Author: Olympic Mountain Rescue
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2006
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780898862065

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The only climbing guide devoted to Washington's Olympic National Park--now completely updated and expanded with more than thirty percent additional new material.

Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains

Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains
Author: Olympic Mountain Rescue (Society)
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1988
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780898861549

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Key to exploring these challenging peaks is this classic climber's guide to the Olympics. Here are detailed route descriptions for the hard basalt lava peaks of Constance and The Brothers, the high-angle faces of The Needles and Sawtooth Ridge, the hard sandstone and vast glaciers of Mt. Olympus, and hundreds of other mountains large and small. The text also provides general information on the mountains and all access routes, plus winter travel information, ski and snowshoe routes, and high alpine traverses.

Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, 4th Edition

Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, 4th Edition
Author: Robert Wood
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2000-05-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781594851988

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* Completely redesigned for easier use * Includes five new hikes, more photos, and expanded route descriptions * "The best book for trail descriptions in the Olympics." - The San Francisco Chronicle With its moss-draped rain forests, alpine meadows brimming with wildflowers, and snow-capped mountains, the Olympic Peninsula is a hiker's paradise. Explore the Cat Creek Way Trail, a high-country route to a view of Oyster Lake, or trek along the Appleton Pass Trail where you might spy a fat marmot perched on one of the boulders along the path. This new edition of a tried-and-true classic to hiking the Olympic Peninsula contains all the facts for both day hikes and overnight backpack trips. You'll find information on 177 hikes in the Olympic Mountains and extensive material on history, geology, native plants, and wildlife. Also find in this hiking guidebook numbered hikes for quick reference; detailed information blocks for each trail; and weather information for each section of the Olympic Mountains.

Climb Glacier National Park, Volume Three

Climb Glacier National Park, Volume Three
Author: Blake Passmore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Glacier National Park (Mont.)
ISBN: 9780988954908

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Volume Three: The Northern Highline, Lake McDonald and Sperry Glacier Basin

Climbing Washington's Mountains

Climbing Washington's Mountains
Author: Jeff Smoot
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1493056441

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This select guide includes detailed, easy to follow directions to climbing 100 of Washington’s most visible, historically significant, and interesting mountains with summits over 5,000 feet. From introductory level off-trail summit hikes and scrambles to multi-pitch alpine rock and high volcano climbs, this guide is suitable for beginning scramblers and alpine rock climbers as well as more experienced climbers. Blending all types of climbing at all levels of difficulty, you'll find routes to popular scrambling peaks such as Mount Si, classic alpine rock peaks such as Prusik Peak, and to big volcanoes including Mount Rainier. Fully revised and updated, this book has been praised by scramblers, alpine rock climbers, volcano climbers, and trip leaders alike as being an accurate, user-friendly guide with superb, easy-to-follow route descriptions and drawings, to the summits of the mountains that people actually want to climb.

Olympic Mountains Trail Guide

Olympic Mountains Trail Guide
Author: Robert Wood
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 168051251X

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The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Olympics, first published more than 35 years ago Sales of this new edition benefit Olympic Mountain Rescue Olympic Mountains Trail Guide is a treasured, classic guidebook to one of the region’s top hiking destinations. Reading Bob Wood’s text is like having an old friend describe last weekend’s hike to you. Wood passed away in 2003 but Bill Hoke, Doug Savage, and volunteers from the Peninsula Wilderness Club picked up the reins to do a thorough update. Every trail has been rehiked and fact checked. Every new trailhead or rerouted path is documented in the descriptions, and 30 all-new trails have been added, bringing the total number of hikes to 206 within Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest. But Wood’s voice and even his original overview maps have been retained, lending this edition a classic tone while the information is decidedly current.

Classic Cascade Climbs

Classic Cascade Climbs
Author: Jim Nelson
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2021
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1680510479

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Classic Cascade Climbs features more than 100 climbing routes across 70-plus peaks--from renowned alpine routes to challenging trad climbs, as well as a handful of sport, ice, and crag options. To determine if it was a “classic” each route was judged on the following criteria: overall quality, popularity, accessibility, style, and historical importance. Climbing beta includes: Peak and prominence elevations and type of rock Grade, approach, route, descent descriptions Detailed photo-based route overlays and topo maps Pitch-by-pitch details, estimated time, recommended equipment Required permits and other special considerations Selected history including first ascents Authoritative and inspirational, this seminal guide also features stunning mountain photography by famed photographer John Scurlock and others.