Pete's Porridge
Peregrinations
The Stuart Range, eastern Cascades, Washington.

A bit of the Stuart Range from Mount Stuart to Colchuck Peak, east central Cascades, Washington.

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This compilation of Web sites deals with my interests in outdoor recreation, mostly mountain sports. Half a dozen more of my pages are also found in this list of links.

These links concentrate on Washington state and the greater Pacific Northwest, but obviously many have wider application. They were last updated June 2009.

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    trips:
    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....
  1. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Washington State Parks Department
  2. The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region 6 provides links to the National Forests of Oregon and Washington, and a (bit hard to find) passes and permits page.
  3. 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
  4. The U.S.National Park Service, and Mt Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks
  5. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  6. For winter sno-park permits go to my Skiing links page.

    hiking:
    guides
  7. seattlepi.com/getaways/hike has an archive of info on dozens of walks and hikes in Washington organized by county, thanks to Karen Sykes and the Seattle P-I.
  8. nwhikers.net, a discussion forum site currently with 5268 registered users, hosts trip reports (that also lets you search WTA), galleries of great photography, links, and more.
  9. cooltrails.com provides "hiker-written trail reports for Pacific Northwest backcountry destinations"
  10. Chris Duval provides washingtonhikes.com, his hikes and photos of hikes.
    conditions
  11. For links to current road and trail conditions for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS Region 6), go to fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/conditions.
  12. And at fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/links.shtml they conveniently provide a page of links to the other national forests of Washington and Oregon.
    Or look just above under "agencies."
    And check the trip reports from the WTA, just below.
  13. My page of Skiing Links will lead you to current snowpack and avalanche info, and more.
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. You might also want to look at mountaineers.org, so you'll know where not to go -- unless you like crowds.
  17. osat.org is One Step at a Time, good folks with a nice site.
  18. nwhiker.com: Dennis Stilwell provides virtual hikes for southern Washington and northern Oregon, including the Columbia River gorge.

    hot springs:
    A google search (see above) with your state's name and the phrase "hot springs" will lead you to lots more.
  19. soak.net is the main natural hot springs website. For latest conditions, be sure to check the fora.
  20. hotspringsenthusiast.com, covering the U.S. with links to selections of springs, but may have links you won't easily find elsewhere.
  21. seattlepi.com/getaways/082296/hotlist_top.html: This Seattle P-I article discusses the few Washington hot springs.
  22. gorp.com/gorp/activity/skiing/cros_hotspring.htm: "Ski-In Hot Springs of the Pacific Northwest"
  23. The National Geophysical Data Center of NOAA provides a searchable database of Hot Springs in the U.S.
  24. idahohotsprings.com is a good and useful site, including its article on red spider mites!

    climbing:
  25. Climbing Links

    skiing:
  26. Skiing Links

    birding:
  27. wa.audubon.org: the Washington Audubon Society
  28. wos.org: the Washington Ornithological Society, with a rare bird alert and much more
  29. birdweb.org is the Seattle Audubon Society's superb online guide to the birds of Washington state.
  30. birds.cornell.edu provides comprehensive resources, some free and some by subscription.
  31. scn.org/earth/tweeters: Tweeters Birding E-mail, including a great list of links
  32. 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:
  33. science_math.html#weather is the main list,
  34. links to glossaries and such are at wx_gloss.html#links,
  35. and inFAQ.html#links covers links to Numerical Weather Prediction
  36. Or for Washington state forecasts, just go to atmos.washington.edu/data/weather.html#forecasts

    maps:
  37. nationalmap.gov/gio/viewonline.html: free online topographical map and aerial photography sources from the USGS
  38. Plus, my main map listing.

    gear:
  39. Outdoor Gear

    husbandry:
    gardening
  40. gardening.wsu.edu: first rate Gardening in Western Washington
  41. Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture, UW
  42. burpee.com, garden.org, and gardenweb.com
    house repair
  43. AskTheBuilder.com
  44. bobvila.com
  45. ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape: Duct tape!

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