Trail Talk: With the Washington Trails Association

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06/02/08--03:24: Wildland Discovery Hikes (chan 2089129)

Each summer, Washington Trails Association offers a series of guided excursions into Washington's scenic wild lands. These are not ordinary guided hikes! On a Wildland Discovery Hike

06/23/08--02:09: Early Summer Waterfall Hikes (chan 2089129)

In Washington's deep and gloomy woods (and also in its arid, rolling hills), you'll find an abundance of falling water, from subtle cascading streams to thundering falls that shake the stones to their foundations. In fact, our mountains--the Cascad


07/09/08--21:35: Finding snow-free trails to hike (chan 2089129)

As you may have heard or noticed yourself, there's still quite a bit of snow in the mountains. But that doesn't mean there are no trails available for hiking.  We've been having a ball reading the

07/18/08--01:45: What’s New at TrailsFest 2008 (chan 2089129)

You've been to TrailsFest.

07/21/08--20:42: Avoid a trailhead break-in (chan 2089129)

Hiking is an escape from civilization, a chance to relax and break free from the pressures from our crazy everyday world.  Nothing ruins that experience like returning to the trailhead to find your car broken into. Car break-i


07/30/08--22:50: Carpooling to the trailhead (chan 2089129)

With gas prices rising and glaciers melting, hikers are finding themselves in a predicament.  A 200-mile round trip car ride for a day hike has suddenly gotten a lot more expensive, not to mention carbon-unfriendly.

08/05/08--00:50: Staying safe on the trail around hunters (chan 2089129)

What a horrible tragedy.


08/20/08--22:22: Rainier’s Glacier Basin Trail getting a Re-Route (chan 2089129)

Remember when heavy rains washed out major roads and trails in Mount Rainier National Park? It took an unprecedented and heroic effort on the part of many to get the park back in shape for visitors, includ


08/27/08--21:08: The Way In: The Future of Access to our National Parks (chan 2089129)

Remember the floods and windstorms of late 2006 that wiped out trails and washed out access roads to national parks and forests throughout the Cascades and Olympics? They were just the latest storm events to ravage Washington's public lands. And the


09/09/08--22:15: Grab your Camera! Northwest Exposure Photo Contest 2009 (chan 2089129)

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But can those thousand words help fix a neglected hiking trail? Or protect a wilderness area? Or inspire a new hiker to


09/30/08--02:30: A Good Day for our Public Lands (chan 2089129)

More than 80 volunteers turned out for WTA trail work parties on National Public Lands Day. They did fantastic work, fixing trails from the Olympics to the Columbia Gorge.


02/01/09--23:27: Volunteer Vacations 2009 open for signups! (chan 2089129)

It's feeling very springlike in Seattle today. Perhaps that's why my thoughts keep turning to outside... The smell of ponderosa pine in the eastern cascades, the color of a Tiger Lilly on the Ingalls Creek Tr


03/02/09--00:42: Where did you hike this weekend? (chan 2089129)

Where did you hike this weekend? Monday is a day that desk-bound workers across Washington state browse Washington Trails Association's

03/25/09--01:17: Omnibus Lands Bill Passes House (chan 2089129)

Just moments ago, on a vote of 285 to 140, the House of Representatives passed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act


07/16/09--03:48: Your Outdoor Adventure Starts at TrailsFest this Saturday (chan 2089129)

The great outdoors beckons. From our glacier-tipped mountains to our moss-drenched forests, there is always an outdoor adventure around the bend. But first, you have to get outside. Outside at TrailsFest, that is. Presented by Washington Trails Association ...