The book Beyond Mount Si, the best hikes within 85 miles of Seattle, this is our reference guide for selecting hikes. There are 70 hikes listed, each with a 3 page writeup, including a map with an elevation chart. I doubt we will complete all 70, but we've made a good start...

We picked up a second hiking book: 100 Classic Hikes in Washington. It is a nice book, with maps and beautiful color photos. It covers a much larger area than Beyond Mount Si, and many of the hikes are multi-day backpacking trips. But there are several hikes in the book that look interesting, we started with Heather Meadows (Chain Lakes at Artist Point) and the Kendall Katwalk.

In the summer of 2008, we checked out two hiking books from the library that focused specifically on hikes in the I-90 corridor. Because these books were devoted to that one area, they contained hikes not mentioned in the Beyond Mount Si book. We used these books for Squak Mountain, Bandera Mountain, Big Creek Falls and McClellan Butte

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