Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver

by Douglas Lorain

Hundreds of trails traverse the natural treasures just beyond Oregon's main urban center. Choose routes along salmon runs in the Coast Range, by waterfalls in the Willamette Valley, under rain-shadow... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899972896
• ISBN13: 9780899972893
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Wilderness Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for finding not-so-popular hikes

Reading the book it is evident that the author has extensive hiking experience hiking in and around Portland. What I Like about this book: 1. Lists hikes that are not so popular, but are a delight to be on them 2. Every hike has a pretty accurate scale of difficulty 3. Has a good list of 'rainy days hike' 4. Every hike has the times when the hikes are open (or best time to visit) 5. The author explains in detail what he likes about the hikes One of the only things I can say negative is that the author goes into excruciating details about how to get to a hike (which is needed sometimes because some of the trailheads are not well marked) and sometimes important details are left out. For example one of the most beautiful hike I found was a wildflower hike in Washugal ... however the road to get to the hike was just atrocious - most of it were forest roads with crater like potholes. We hadn't accounted for driving at 5mph. To the authors defense - can't expect him to really keep track of the potholes. The hike was truly rewarding though. I've found several gems because of this book and we have our copy in our car at all times. I highly recommend this book, but be prepared to be taken off the beaten path!