Zusammenfassung Your hiking and backpacking guide to the PCT In Oregon and Washington! the Pacific Crest Trail winds past rivers! peaks! forests! meadows! fascinating geological formations! and other natural wonders. Let our PCT gurus-Jordan Summers! Jeffrey P. Schaffer! and Andy Selters-help you with everything you need to know about this section of the 2!650-mile trail! which traverses 24 national forests! 37 wilderness areas! and 7 national parks. In Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington ! you'll meet up with the PCT at the California border and hike! climb! descend! and switchback your way to the edge of Canada. Written by accomplished hikers who have each logged over 5!000 trail miles! this book helps you locate the trail and side trips! find water sources! and access resupply routes. Featuring a complete map of the route- Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington provides rich descriptions of the trail! tips on planning your hike! and information on the region's natural history! geology! and ecology. You'll also get important details on camping! permits! and the best seasons to go. Plan a day hike! a weekend trip! or an ambitious thru-hike. Let's get going. The trail awaits! Informationen zum Autor Since he was six! Jordan Summers has had more fun sleeping on rock! snow! and dirt than any one person should be allowed! spending absurd amounts of time in mountains! forests! canyons! and deserts. Jordan's newest guidebooks! Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California and Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington! are the result of Summers' 4000+ miles trekking this national treasure. Jordan's passion for the outdoors and love for the Sierra Nevada range combined to propel his motivation in writing guidebooks: "to help hikers of all abilities get out there! have a great time out there! leave no trace there! and come home safely from there." Summers is an alumnus of the National Outdoor Leadership School! a Leave No Trace trainer! and a NOLS-WMI Wilderness First Responder. Jordan lives in the Sierra Nevada foothill town of Pioneer! California! and is a volunteer for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: History of the PCT Chapter 2: Planning Your PCT Hike What to Expect Weather Logistics for the Long Distance Backpacker Hypothermia Outdoor Courtesy Land-use Regulations Border Crossing Government Administrative Headquarters Forgotten Anything? (Checklist) Chapter 3: PCT Natural History Introduction Geology Biology Chapter 4: Using This Guide Twelve Hiking Chapters Pre-Hike Information Route Description The Maps Text and Map Cross References Following the Trail Oregon-Washington PCT Mileage Table Trail Chapters Section A: Highway 96 to I-5 Section B: I-5 to Highway 140 Section C: Highway 140 to Highway 138 Section D: Highway 138 to Highway 58 Section E: Highway 58 to Highway 242 Section F: Highway 242 to Highway 35 Section G: Highway 35 to I-84 Section H: Highway 14 to Highway 12 Section I: Highway 12 to I-90 Section J: I-90 to Highway 2 Section K: Highway 2 to Highway 20 Section L: Highway 20 to Highway 3 Recommended Reading and Source Books Index About the Authors ...

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Since he was six years old, Jordan Summers has had more fun sleeping on rock, snow, and dirt than any one person should be allowed, spending absurd amounts of time in mountains, forests, canyons, and deserts. Jordan's newest guidebooks, Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California and Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington, are the result of Summers' 4,000-plus miles trekking this national treasure. Jordan's passion for the outdoors and love for the Sierra Nevada range combined to propel his motivation in writing guidebooks: to help hikers of all abilities get out there, have a great time out there, leave no trace there, and come home safely from there. Summers is an alumnus of the National Outdoor Leadership School, a Leave No Trace trainer, and a NOLS-WMI Wilderness First Responder. Jordan lives in the Sierra Nevada foothill town of Pioneer, California, and is a volunteer for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and the Pacific Crest Trail Association.

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This essential PCT guidebook helps readers plan a day hike, weekend trip, or thru-hike in Oregon and Washington.

Zusammenfassung
The PCT's #1 Guide for More Than 45 Years First published in 1974, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 2, Oregon & Washington quickly established itself as the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned, Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington starts at the California-Oregon border and guides you to the edge of Canada. It winds past rivers, peaks, forests, meadows, fascinating geological formations, and other natural wonderssuch as Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and Glacier Peak. Let PCT gurus Jordan Summers, Jeffrey P. Schaffer, and Andy Selters share more than four decades of expertise with you. They'll help you with everything you need to know about this 1,005.5-mile section of the 2,650-mile trail, which traverses 24 national forests, 37 wilderness areas, and 7 national parks. In this book, you'll find

• All-in-one guide by accomplished hikers who have logged over 5,000 trail miles
• Detailed trail descriptions and alternate routes
• Full-color customized maps, drawn to scale with one another
• Need-to-know information for day hikes, weekend backpacks, and an ambitious thru-hike
• Tips for locating the trail, water sources, and resupply access routes This guidebook will be your truest companion. So now's the time to get going. The trail awaits!

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SECTION H: I-84 at Bridge of the Gods to US 12 near White Pass The Route This section of the PCT begins by exploring hilly hummocks and small lakes that were deposited by a huge landslide hundreds of years ago. This is the same landslide that temporarily dammed the Columbia River, creating the original legendary Bridge of the Gods, a natural bridge. It then climbs a short series of ridges offering scenic vistas. Between these ridges, descend into forests of mossy creeks and occasional old-growth giants. Cross the Columbia River via the Bridge of the Gods (2,146.9219'), which is toll-free for pedestrians, and enter Washington. From the west end of the Bridge of the Gods toll road (2,147.2192'), head south on WA 14 past an oversize pond, and just 80 yards beyond it reach the PCT trailhead (2,147.4155'). You'll find limited parking nearby, plus access for equestrians. The trail at first is along an old power line road that parallels WA 14, just below you. The roadbed is rather overgrown, and in some places the trail sticks to the road's outer edge, which can leave the trail somewhat exposed, so caution is highly advised here. WATER ACCESS: The short clifftop stretch soon gives way to safer slopes, and presently you reach a spring, which is your first source of reliable water (2,148.1156'). In 0.2 mile cross a gated, paved road, which climbs from WA 14 to private Wauna Lake. Leaving civilization, you first climb to a ridge (2,148.7372') from where Tamanous Trail 27 starts southwest, meandering 0.6 mile to a large parking area opposite the Bonneville Lock and Dam. Ahead, the forested, often fern-bordered PCT takes a convoluted, rolling route across a giant landslide. Geology: Large and small landslides have descended from both walls of the Columbia River Gorge. This is due in part to the steepness of the gorge's walls but is also a result of their composition: the volcanic flows and associated volcanic sediments composing the walls belong to two distinct time periods. The lower layers are about 25 million years old, while the upper ones are about 15 million years old. The surface of the lower layers thus had about 10 million years to deeply weather to clay in this area's warm, humid, preglacial climate before the clay was buried under a sea of younger …