Book brief -- "The Pacific Northwest Trail Guide: The Official Guidebook for Long Distance and Day Hikers"

Originally published June 19, 2001

Few hikers may be up to the 1,149-mile trip, but anyone who steps on the Pacific Northwest Trail can enjoy the foot-link between the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains.

Just about everything you need to know to walk from the Olympic National Park to Glacier National Park is in "The Pacific Northwest Trail Guide: The Official Guidebook for Long Distance and Day Hikers," by Ron Strickland (Sasquatch Books, Seattle, $19.95).

The book has descriptions of 64 trail sections and topographic maps of the route near the Canadian border.

Strickland is a founder of the Pacific Northwest Trail Association, based in Mount Vernon.

The Olympian Copyright 2001

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