Discover the best day-hike trails in and around Mount Rainier.
Now fully updated and featuring full-color photography, the Day Hike! series was written for people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights at home. Whether you start from the Paradise area or Longmire or Mowich Lake, the 51 incredible hikes in this popular guidebook feature the stately forests, mountain vistas, alpine meadows, and glacial meadows unique to Mount Rainier. Each trail is rated from easy to extreme, giving first-time or veteran hikers the variety they want, as well as topographical maps, trail descriptions, and more.

Washington-state native RON C. JUDD, a veteran columnist and reporter at the Seattle Times, has spent most of his life exploring the trails, campgrounds, forest, streams, and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. The author of a half dozen best-selling guidebooks, two humor books, and a fan's guide to the Winter Olympics, he lives in Bellingham, Washington.