Mount Rainier   07/10

The Trail 'Less Traveled'

   Who isn’t fond of Washington’s highest summit and iconic peak, Mount Rainier? And what hiker doesn’t love taking to the trails — or least dreaming about — circling its base, traversing its resplendent alpine meadows, visiting its waterfalls and old growth forests and delivering them to jaw-gaping vistas? . . .

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Hiking Washington’s Wild Coast   07/10

Three ‘shore’ bets for excellent seaside sauntering

   While Washington’s Pacific coastline is just over 150 miles long, it’s packed with scenic splendor. From the Olympic Coast, one of America’s longest stretches of wilderness beach, to the Long Beach Peninsula, one of the longest unbroken stretches of beach in the country; Washington’s coastline is diverse and spectacular. And there are plenty of parks protecting it . . .

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Mount St. Helens: 30 Years Later   05/10

Washington commemorates 30th anniversary

   On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m., Mount St. Helens erupted with the force of 24 megatons of thermal energy, sending a massive cloud of ash 6,500 feet into the air and leveling nearly everything within 19 miles. The devastating eruption claimed 57 lives and cost the state nearly $1.1 billion in disaster relief and clean up. When all was said and done, the face of Mt. St. Helens had changed forever . . .

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Wenatchee Foothills   04/10

Get to the core of the Apple Capital’s scenic trail system

   Wenatchee, the self-proclaimed “Apple Capital of the World” sits on the banks of the Columbia River where the cloud-piercing Cascade Mountains transition to the sun-baked steppe of the Columbia Plateau . . .

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