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Best Hikes With Kids: Western Washington & the Cascades
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MSRP: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Additional Best Hikes With Kids: Western Washington & the Cascades Information
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The first of a new series that updates our popular family guides, combining new material and features, in a handy user-friendly format. • Nearly 200 hikes suitable for families with children, seniors, and anyone looking for an easy, yet rewarding adventure •Graphic, two-color layout provides key data at a glance •Includes environmental closeups on the trail to engage kids in the natural world Joan Burton has always selected hikes for maximum kid appeal. It’s not only that many are short—starting from just half a mile—with "turnarounds" clearly identified (turnarounds are places where tired families can cut their hikes short yet still have a satisfying outing), but Burton tells where your kids can hop around in the spray of a waterfall, find out about bat caves, talk with a fire watcher and examine the Osborne fire finder, or peer into a dark, abandoned railroad tunnel and listen to the hollow sounding echoes down its length. This book combines Best Hikes with Children in Western Washington, Volumes 1 and 2, with loads of new material and an easy-to-use new format that is smaller for greater portability. Hike write-ups have been graphically designed to highlight essential data at a glance, not only by use of the "About the Hike" and "Before You Go" information blocks but also by extensive use of icons in the margins to note type of hike (day hike or backpack trip), difficulty for children, hikeable seasons, and more. Seattle resident JOAN BURTON was herself introduced to hiking as a child, and she has been involved in introducing not only her own children to the joys of outdooring, but also members of the Girl Scout and Cub Scout groups of which she was the leader. "The definitive guide for hiking parents who want to take their children along." —Seattle’s Child
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What Customers Say About Best Hikes With Kids: Western Washington & the Cascades:
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I've attempted 5-6 different hikes from this book, with mixed results. In general I was disappointed with the difficulty ratings (which seemed very uneven) and also some of the descriptions. In one case, a "moderate" rated hike was so hard that after the wives turned back with the children the men barely finished it on their own.
I'm a mom of a 4yo, but know these mountains fairly well due to many years of backpacking, hiking, backcountry skiing. Would be fantastic to see this better summarized- in the table of contents list E,M,D next to each hike. Got the book today, and it looks great- will be very helpful to figure out easy trails for my daughter. One quibble- the first thing anyone will do is start thumbing thru the book and mark which trails are easy, moderate, etc. A table of all hikes with distance and elev gain. Thanks for an overall very nice book.
Book arrived as described, now we just need to get out and do the hikes
I have 2 editions of this book. If you are a parental unit and wish to hike or mountaineer with your kids, this book is all you will ever need. It is incredibly well-written, with great details on every hike, including directions, difficulty level, and much more. You're hiking blind without this book.[.].
this book helped us find great hikes for kids from the day it arrived. strongly recommended.
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