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trips:
- Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Washington State Parks Department
- The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region 6 provides a clickable map of the National Forests of Oregon and Washington, and a (bit hard to find) passes and permits page.
- Or, in Washington, go directly to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Wenatchee, Okanogan, Gifford-Pinchot and Olympic National Forests, or Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
- The U.S.National Park Service, and Mt Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- For winter sno-park permits go to my
Skiing links page.
hiking:
guides - seattlep-i.nwsource.com/getaways/hike has info on dozens of walks and hikes in Washington organized by county, thanks to Karen Sykes and the Seattle P-I.
- nwsource.com/outdoors/hiking also lists lots of rambles, from short lowland walks to long, high hikes.
- nwhikers.net, a discussion forum site currently with 2667 registered users, hosts trip reports (that also lets you search WTA), galleries of great photography, links, and more.
- cooltrails.com provides "hiker-written trail reports for Pacific Northwest backcountry destinations"
- Chris Duval provides washingtonhikes.com, his hikes and photos of hikes.
conditions - For current trail conditions as reported by users and road conditions as reported by USFS Region 6, go to fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/conditions/trail_conditions.shtml.
- My page of Skiing Links will lead you to current snowpack and avalanche info, and more.
- You can explore tons of weather-related sites starting at my weather links. Or, for Washington state forecasts, just
go to atmos.washington.edu/data/weather.html#forecasts.
organizations - wta.org, the Washington Trails Association, are the folks who organize and do a lot of that necessary hard work -- plus they have a very good hiking guide and a searchable trip reports page that combines their info with the USFS reports.
- You might also want to look at mountaineers.org/cna/activities.html, so you'll know where not to go -- unless you like crowds.
- osat.org is One Step at a Time, good folks with a nice site.
- nwhiker.com: Dennis Stilwell's nice site
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hotsprings:
Except for the Seattle PI article, I don't list links to sites concentrating on individual states. There are just too many. But a google search (see above) with your state's name and the phrase "hot springs" will lead you to them. - soak.net is the main natural hot springs website. For latest conditions, be sure to check the fora.
- nwhotsprings.net is a good, useful site, and for the necessary update info has a sufficiently active forum. (See the info on Baker and Scenic hot springs, for instance.)
- hotspringsenthusiast.com, although with limited information on the springs themselves, may have links you won't easily find elsewhere.
- seattlep-i.nwsource.com/getaways/082296/hotlist_top.html lists a few Washington hot springs, from the Seattle P-I.
- foundnews.com/maps/springs is spare looking at first, but follow through and find that it google-maps hot springs for seven states. Unfortunately, there's not much real info there.
- gorp.com/gorp/activity/skiing/cros_hotspring.htm: skiing to your hotspring
- The
National Geodetic Data Center of NOAA provides a
searchable database of Hot Springs in the U.S.
climbing: - Climbing Links
skiing: - Skiing Links
birding: - wa.audubon.org: the Washington Audubon Society
- wos.org: the Washington Ornithological Society, with a rare bird alert and much more
- birdweb.org is the Seattle Audubon Society's superb online guide to the birds of Washington state.
- birds.cornell.edu provides comprehensive resources, some free and some by subscription.
- scn.org/earth/tweeters: Tweeters Birding E-mail, including a great list of links
- pwrc.usgs.gov/birds: the Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center of the U.S. Geological Survey
weather:
I have weather-related links scattered around on three different pages: - science_math.html#weather is the main list,
- links to glossaries and such are at wx_gloss.html#links,
- and inFAQ.html#links covers links to Numerical Weather Prediction
- Or for Washington state forecasts, just go to atmos.washington.edu/data/weather.html#forecasts
maps: - geography.usgs.gov/partners/viewonline.html: free online topographical map and aerial photography sources from the USGS
- Plus, my main map listing.
gear: - Outdoor Gear
husbandry:
gardening - gardening.wsu.edu: absolutely first rate
- NorthwestGardening.com: great links at a great site
- Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture, UW
- burpee.com,
garden.org, and
gardenweb.com
house repair - AskTheBuilder.com
- bobvila.com
- weatherization.com
- ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape
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A Road Trip to Wyoming is a page of pictures and text describing a ten day trip to Yellowstone and the Tetons.
Buying Sandals in Cody, Wyoming, describes a second road trip to the northern Rocky Mountains.
With, eventually, more trips to come...
agencies:
Almost everywhere you go these days, some agency wants you to have a permit to camp or hike or just park the car, so here's a list of agencies in Washington where you can get your permits. They might even have other information it would be useful to know, like road and trail conditions....
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