Outside Magazine's Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Outside Magazine's Adventure Guides)

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Summary: A great starting place
Review: I purchased this book when I first moved out to Seattle and I found it to be great guide for finding interesting places to go around the region. It is a fantastic book for people that don't know the area and are interested in mult-sports. I have used it from everything from planning solo hikes, weekends with friends. Admittedle, it is an overview book and is not indepth in any particular sporting area, but this is usually the first book I pick up when I am trying to find a suggestion of something to do in the area.

Rating:
Summary: A great starting place
Review: I purchased this book when I first moved out to Seattle and I found it to be great guide for finding interesting places to go around the region. It is a fantastic book for people that don't know the area and are interested in mult-sports. I have used it from everything from planning solo hikes, weekends with friends. Admittedle, it is an overview book and is not indepth in any particular sporting area, but this is usually the first book I pick up when I am trying to find a suggestion of something to do in the area.

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Summary: Not for hikers, campers, or self guided adventurers.
Review: My girlfriend got this book for our cross country adventure from Indiana to Seattle. We started reading it to each other somewhere in Missouri and never put it down. The information is presented in a very concise manner and is also extremely entertaining. We found the book to be a great reference and used it to find day hikes in Oregon, mountain bike trails around Seattle, and campsites on the Olympic Peninsula

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Summary: Entertaining and Informative. A Great Reference.
Review: My girlfriend got this book for our cross country adventure from Indiana to Seattle. We started reading it to each other somewhere in Missouri and never put it down. The information is presented in a very concise manner and is also extremely entertaining. We found the book to be a great reference and used it to find day hikes in Oregon, mountain bike trails around Seattle, and campsites on the Olympic Peninsula

Rating:
Summary: Not for hikers, campers, or self guided adventurers.
Review: To be fair, if the activities you wish to pursue involve little more than a call to a local outfitter - kayak rentals, fishing charters, scuba lessons - then this book will probably do fine (as will a phone book). However, if you are interested in hiking, camping, snowshoeing, mountain climbing, etc. - anything requiring you to get yourself out in the woods - look elsewhere. This book has a tendency to describe great hikes (for instance) and then not provide driving directions or (this really happened) provide totally inaccurate directions. Booooooooo!