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"Anyone looking for a good hiking guide for the Mount Hood area need look no further." -- Seattle Book Review
**Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. Since launching this program, we've contributed more than $14,000 toward improving trails.
Day Hiking: Mount Hood includes 85 hikes, from easy to strenuous, that will fill the bill whether readers are looking for a chance to shake off cubicle brain, mingle with wildlife, cool off in waterfall spray, take in views from high slopes, or try a taste of the Pacific Crest Trail. Features include:
- General info on safety, weather, wildlife, road and trail conditions, and more
- For each hike: rating and difficulty, distance, elevation gain and high point, best season, recommended maps, land management information, trailhead GPS coordinates, how to go farther, and more
- Detailed route descriptions and easy-to-follow driving directions for each hike
- Quick-reference icons for kid- and dog-friendly, wildflowers, waterfalls, historical significance, and more
- At-a-glance chart to help readers choose the day's adventure
- Wildflower identification appendix
- Full color throughout
- 1% of sales donated to Trailkeepers of Oregon
**Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. Since launching this program, we've contributed more than $14,000 toward improving trails.
For this book, our 1 percent of sales is going to Trailkeepers of Oregon.
Product Details
| Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
| Publish Date | May 07, 2020 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781680511246 |
| Dimensions | 6.9 X 4.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Sports & Outdoors
About the Author
Eli Boschetto is a professional hiker, writer, and author based in Portland, Oregon, and has put more than 6000 miles under his hiking boots exploring the mountains and wilderness areas throughout the western US and Canada. He is the author of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Urban Trails Portland, both published by Mountaineers Books. Eli is also an accomplished outdoor photographer and has worked as a Northwest correspondent for Backpacker magazine as well as editor of Washington Trails magazine. Visit him online at PCTOregon.com or on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @pctoregon.
Reviews
Compact for easy transportation when hiking, Day Hiking Mount Hood: A Year-Round Guide should be considered an essential guide for anyone contemplating a day trip, an extended excursion, or a multiple day vacation centered on Mount Hood.-- "Midwest Book Review"
Anyone looking for a good hiking guide for the Mount Hood area need look no further. This handy little (five by seven inch) guide is chock full of all the information one might need to choose just the right trail to take.... It really is a perfect hiking companion.--Rosi Hollinbeck "Seattle Book Review"
Anyone looking for a good hiking guide for the Mount Hood area need look no further. This handy little (five by seven inch) guide is chock full of all the information one might need to choose just the right trail to take.... It really is a perfect hiking companion.--Rosi Hollinbeck "Seattle Book Review"
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