Day Hike Columbia Gorge

This is a revised and updated edition of this popular Day Hike! title. The preeminent expert on meandering through nature, Seabury Blair Jr., guides your feet through some of the most picturesque scenes in the Pacific Northwest, on both the Washington and Oregon sides of the Columbia River.

Each hike includes difficulty level, distance, hiking time, elevation gain, best season, permits needed, and notes on trail specifics ? like whether dogs or allowed or if the route is wheelchair accessible. Compiled in an accessible, easy-to-read format, Day Hike! Columbia Gorge makes a day in the wilderness an approachable and enjoyable reality. Also included with each hike description are pictures depicting the scenery, so you can decide if you want to gaze at waterfalls or hike through the lush forests surrounding Mount Hood.

A great resource for Portlanders needing a day of escaping city life, each hike in this edition is no more than two hours from Portland city limits.

Day Hike! Columbia Gorge describes classic day routes--from easy to moderate to extreme--giving hikers the choices they want, whether visiting the area for a day or vacationing with the kids for a week. Entertaining, accurate, and contemporary writing make this guide the one to keep near the water bottles.

Seabury Blair, Jr. is the former outdoor columnist for the Bremerton Sun newspaper. Blair is also a hard-core backcountry skier and hiker. He created the "R&R" section for the Sun several years ago, a prototype for most of the outdoor-travel sections you now find in all Puget Sound papers. One of his most popular regular features was the Hike O' the Month, and he has contributed to the on-line site for Go West. He is the author of The Creaky Knees Guide Washington and The Creaky Knees Guide Washington, as well as two guides in the Day Hike! series: Olympic Peninsula and Columbia Gorge. He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife and mapmaker, Marlene.