Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts
Amber Casali
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Description
This new guide to hiking the fire lookouts of Washington's Cascades and Olympics is the quintessential Northwest guide and will appeal to a wide range of hikers. Features of Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts include:
- 44 fire lookouts--those that feature access by trail
- All lookouts are accessible during the typical summer season
- Only lookouts that are still standing--no hiking up to a barren mound of broken concrete!
- Routes are not technical--hikers just need boots, trekking poles, and, probably, lunch
- Lookout history, anecdotes, and full-color photos throughout
Product Details
| Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
| Publish Date | April 16, 2018 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781680510607 |
| Dimensions | 8.9 X 6.7 X 0.7 inches | 1.3 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Sports & Outdoors
About the Author
Amber Casali was born in Seattle, Washington. She discovered backpacking in college on a wilderness extension program in Northern California, spending two weeks at a time on the trail and living out of bear canisters. A flurry of travel after college inspired her to jump on the blogging bandwagon. She wrote about eating tapas in Spain, hiking to temples in Thailand, volunteering on farms in Italy, teaching English in South Korea, and soaking in hot springs in Bolivia. After living overseas for a year in a place with only small mountains, Amber missed the big peaks and wild backcountry of the Pacific Northwest and moved back to Seattle in 2012. Since then, she's become an avid hiker and novice mountaineer. When not outside, she works as a writer and editor at a tech marketing agency.
Reviews
[A] splendid new book--Terry Wood "The Seattle Times"
[Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts is] a how-to and a history, with information about exploring (and even camping inside of) vintage and modern fire lookouts around the Evergreen State; also lushly illustrated with maps and Casali's terrific photographs.--Feliks Banel "Columbia Conversations, a product of COLUMBIA Magazine"
All of [Amber Casali's] diligence produced a book you can rely upon for good trail descriptions, fascinating background information, and armchair hiking destinations (also called the hiking off season.--Diane Spicer "Hiking For Her"
Amber Casali has put together the ultimate guidebook of 42 of the Washington's lookouts that are still standing, all accessible by trail.--Patrick Cone "National Parks Traveler"
Casali's spirited writing makes clear that she loves the hikes as much as she enjoys sharing them with us--she is a gift to our understanding of our great outdoors. This is a very cool book!--Steve Giordana "High on Adventure"
History buffs will appreciate Casali's stories about the lookouts and the lives of the people who staffed them. Each of the hikes has a detailed description, as well as information on if and how the lookout is accessible during the day or overnight.--Jessi Loerch "Washington Trails Magazine"
I like the photography in there, I like the maps that are present, I like the trail descriptions and just the summaries you have for each entry. Really good job, I think people are going to get a lot out of this.... It's a great book, great guide to our iconic fire lookouts in the Evergreen State.--John Kruse "Northwestern Outdoors Radio"
If you're looking for something different in your outdoor experience this summer, Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts by Amber Casali offers inviting alternatives.--John Rezell "OutdoorsNW"
In Amber Casali's book titled, Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts, you'll get the scoop on 44 of these buildings that were essential in the early detection of fires in forested areas, as well as a brief history of these structures.... Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts is a great reference book.-- "TrailblazerGirl"
[Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts is] a how-to and a history, with information about exploring (and even camping inside of) vintage and modern fire lookouts around the Evergreen State; also lushly illustrated with maps and Casali's terrific photographs.--Feliks Banel "Columbia Conversations, a product of COLUMBIA Magazine"
All of [Amber Casali's] diligence produced a book you can rely upon for good trail descriptions, fascinating background information, and armchair hiking destinations (also called the hiking off season.--Diane Spicer "Hiking For Her"
Amber Casali has put together the ultimate guidebook of 42 of the Washington's lookouts that are still standing, all accessible by trail.--Patrick Cone "National Parks Traveler"
Casali's spirited writing makes clear that she loves the hikes as much as she enjoys sharing them with us--she is a gift to our understanding of our great outdoors. This is a very cool book!--Steve Giordana "High on Adventure"
History buffs will appreciate Casali's stories about the lookouts and the lives of the people who staffed them. Each of the hikes has a detailed description, as well as information on if and how the lookout is accessible during the day or overnight.--Jessi Loerch "Washington Trails Magazine"
I like the photography in there, I like the maps that are present, I like the trail descriptions and just the summaries you have for each entry. Really good job, I think people are going to get a lot out of this.... It's a great book, great guide to our iconic fire lookouts in the Evergreen State.--John Kruse "Northwestern Outdoors Radio"
If you're looking for something different in your outdoor experience this summer, Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts by Amber Casali offers inviting alternatives.--John Rezell "OutdoorsNW"
In Amber Casali's book titled, Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts, you'll get the scoop on 44 of these buildings that were essential in the early detection of fires in forested areas, as well as a brief history of these structures.... Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts is a great reference book.-- "TrailblazerGirl"
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