Helpful Resources

You can find tons of great hiking books at places like Barnes & Nobel or Amazon.com. There are so many hiking books to choose from, that it can be a bit overwhelming trying to decide which is the best book. I simply spent an hour thumbing through different ones until I found a book that pertained to the area I knew I would be hiking the most.
There are also great websites to help search for hikes. WTA is a great free site, listing trial information as well as fresh trail reports posted by other hikers. Trails.com is another great resource. It will give you basic information, however for more detailed trail info there is a small annual fee of $49.95.
We also encourage any hikers to please buy a $30 annual Northwest Forest Pass.

http://www.wta.org/
http://www.trails.com/
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/passespermits/