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nehiker Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 21 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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nehiker
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Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:40 pm
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Can anyone who has hiked in the Oregon Cascades tell me what the definitive, must have Oregon (or Oregon and Washington, if the best guide is in one book for both) hiking guide is ? Something that includes Mt. Hood, Three Sisters and also inlcudes lots of trail options, trail distance, elevation gain and other important details. Thanks.
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Sore Feet Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6307 | TRs | Pics Location: Out There, Somewhere |
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Dean (aka CascadeHiker)
Joined: 02 Mar 2002 Posts: 1967 | TRs | Pics Location: ex Kennewick, Wa & Lehi Utah |
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Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:50 pm
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I'm not sure that there is one book or guide that covers both well. There is a book by Ron Judd and Dan Nelson that covers both states but I'd stay away from any book that tries to cover both. I've used the following two books for Oregon & I could recommend them to you, they are:
1. 100 Hikes in Central Oregon Cascade by Wm Sullivan This guide covers the 3 sisters area, the Mt. Jefferson area as well as some areas closer to Eugene and Bend. It is a well done book.
2. Hiking Oregons Mt Hood and Badger Creek Wilderness by Fred Barstad is a decent book (Facon Guide books) as well.
Also as mentioned above, go to Amazon, click on books and plug in Oregon Hiking and you'll bring up a lot of books to look at, many have some reviews posted as well.
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Ice Girl Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 291 | TRs | Pics
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Ice Girl
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Sun Mar 09, 2003 6:24 pm
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Just went through my two Oregon books, the Trail Oregon by Falcon and 100 hikes in Oregon. They both cover a wide range of hikes from the coast to the eastern side. But they don't have a lot in one area. i would look into one for around Mt. Hood or the other area that you are interested in if that is the only areas you are interested in. i noticed they also had a lot of long distant loop hikes which are kinda cool to.
Ice Girl
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Bushwacker Comfortable
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 834 | TRs | Pics Location: Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand |
Beautiful state you hail from. I'm originally from the NE....Jersey.
Spent alot of time in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.
My brother went to college in Manchester.
And we have a family friend with a place at Lake Conway.
Glad to see you checking out the Northwest.
You won't be disappointed.
BW
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
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nehiker Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 21 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:55 am
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I have actually been to the Oregon and Washington twice before, but sadly have hardly done any hiking on the prior trips. I absolutely love it out there and I'd like to move there, but since I haven't found a way to yet, living in New Hampshire and near the White Mountains isn't a bad thing to have to settle for. If anyone is interested I have some good trip reports and pictures from the White Mountains at http://www.frankiehots.com/hiking/index.php.
As for books I'm finding that the way to go may be the 2 books...
100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades
by William L. Sullivan
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100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon (Second Edition)
by William L. Sullivan
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JimK Member
Joined: 07 Feb 2002 Posts: 5606 | TRs | Pics Location: Ballard |
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Mon Mar 10, 2003 8:02 am
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In addition to the books take a look at this site:
nwhiker.com
He does a good job of providing info on Hiking in Oregon.
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nehiker Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 21 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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nehiker
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Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:58 am
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Thanks for the link, that is an impressive site with good information.
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Mon Mar 10, 2003 4:59 pm
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We use the Hike America Oregon book by Lizann Dunegan and its been great. We have used it to hike the South Sister and a few others in that area. It also has quite a bit of Mt. Hood info...so that might be a good book for you. It does show a graph of the elevation gain for each hike as well as a drawing map of the hike. We have used this book for several years and it still has lots of good use left.
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