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12
Short Hikes Mount Rainier National Park:
Paradise
12
Short Hikes Mount Rainier National Park:
October 1999, Paperback, 36 pages, (guidebook)
by Jeff Smoot
This series is written for families, newcomers to the area, and anybody
looking for easy access to an outdoor experience. Each book describes in
clear graphic form 12 easy and scenic hikes of less than two hours.
50
Hikes in Mount Rainier National Park
by Ira Spring, Harvey Manning
April 1999, Mountaineers Book, 4th
edition, Paperback, 160 pages, (guidebook)
A new full-color edition commemorating
Mount Rainier National Park's 100th anniversary. Features the short
Paradise flower trails of Alta Vista and Nisqually Vista, the nine-mile
trek up to the summit base camp at Camp Muir, and the epic 93-mile
Wonderland Trail that encircles the mountain.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Activities
Adventure
Guide to Mount Rainier: Hiking,
Climbing, and Skiing in Mount Rainier National Park
by Jeff Smoot
January 1997, Paperback,
174 pages, (guidebook)
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page: Mount
Rainier - Web Sites
Best
Easy Day Hikes: Mount Rainier
by Heidi Schneider, Mary Skjelset
June 1999, Paperback,
106
pages, (guidebook)
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Rainier
The
Big Fact Book About Mount Rainier
by Bette E. Filley, Rachel French (Illustrator)
April 1996,
Paperback or Hardcover,
? pages, (non-fiction)
Well-researched, must-have reference
for anyone who loves The Mountain.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Description
Challenge
of Rainier: A Record of the Explorations and Ascents, Triumphs and
Tragedies
by Dee Molenaar
June 1979, Paperback, 3rd edition, 364 pages, (non-fiction)
A classic text on Rainier that
documents pioneering and more recent explorers of trails to the summit,
its geology and natural environment, and its inevitable human disasters.
Fascinating and instructive stories such as the one about the guy who slid
a thousand feet in his down booties trying to catch a lid that fell off of
his cooking pot.
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page: Mount
Rainier
Climbing
Mount Rainier: The Essential Guide
by Fred Beckey, Alex Van Steen
May 1999, Paperback, 1st edition, 160 pages,
(guidebook)
Written for experienced mountain
climbers, this book offers detailed information on nearly fifty routes to
the summit of Washington state's Mount Rainier. Includes 75 photos
showing climbers progressing toward the summit.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Climbing
Color
Hiking Guide to Mount Rainier
by Alan Kearney
August 1999, Paperback,
72 pages, (guidebook)
Discovering
the Wonders of Wonderland Trail:
Encircling Mount Rainier
by Bette Filley
May 1998,
revised edition, Paperback, ? pages, (guidebook)
The 92.2 mile Wonderland Trail encircling
Mount Rainier is one of America's finest wilderness pathways.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Attractions
Flora
of Mount Rainier National Park
by David Biek
January 2000, Paperback,
520 pages, (field guide)
A virtually complete listing of the 871
native and introduced species of plants found in the Park.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Attractions
Hiking
Mount Rainier National Park
by Heidi Schneider, Mary Skjelset
June 1999, Paperback,
246 pages, (guidebook)
60 detailed hike descriptions ranging from
short walks to overnight backpack trips.
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Rainier
Mac's
Field Guide to Mount Rainier National Park: Flowers and Trees
Mac's
Field Guide to Mount Rainier National Park: Mammals and Birds
by Craig MacGowan
November 1998, Paperback,
? pages, (field guide)
Great for kids and educators.
The
Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier
by Bruce Barcott
October 1998,
Paperback or Hardcover,
278 pages, (autobiography)
By turns witty and introspective, Barcott's
trip to the top of the glacier-clad peak is filled with history, scientific
observation. "Enjoyable, interesting, sometimes funny, sometimes sad,
sometimes reflective, but always engaging", Barcott's imparts to the reader
the important connection between Puget Sound residents and the mountain.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Volcano
Mount
Rainier: A Climbing Guide
by Mike Gauthier, Bruce Barcott
October 1999, Paperback, 192 pages, (guidebook)
Features 39 of the mountain's best
routes, complete with details on the approach, the climb, and the descent,
as well as elevation gain, difficulties and hazards, and season. Also
covered are the latest in permit and park regulations, preparation, the
high camps and bivvy sites, summit day, and winter climbing and safety
information.
Mount
Rainier National Park
by Sharlene Nelson, Ted Nelson, Sarah De Capua
August 1998,
Paperback, 48 pages, (non-fiction)
For ages 9 to 12.
Mount
Rainier National Park:
Including a Perilous Paradise
by Ron Warfield, Jeff Nicholas (Editor), Nicky Leach (Editor)
June Spectacular color photography with
beautifully written essays.
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Rainier
Mount
Rainier National Park: Tales,
Trails, & Auto Tours
by Jerry Rohde, Gisela Rohde (Contributor), Larry Eifert (Illustrator)
December 1996,
Paperback, 310 pages, (non-fiction)
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page: Mount
Rainier - Accommodations
Mount
Rainier: A Visitor's Companion
by George Wuerthner, Douglas W. Moore (Illustrator)
March 2000,
Paperback, 48 pages, (guidebook)
Explores the park's ecosystems, geological
history, land use issues, native people, and past explorers.
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page: Mount
Rainier
Mountain
Fever: Historic Conquests of
Rainier (Columbia Classics) by Aubrey L. Haines, Ruth Kirk
October 1999,
Paperback, 278 pages, (non-fiction)
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page: Mount
Rainier - History
Mt.
Rainier Climbing Guide SM10097
The Ingraham Glacier-Disappointment
Cleaver Route, plus two variations: The Fuhrer Finger Route, The Kautz
Glacier Route
Mt. Rainier Climbing Guide SM20100
The Emmons-Winthrop Glacier Route, The Liberty Ridge Route
by Stanley Friedman
These comprehensive, lightweight (weighs less than one ounce) climbing
guides are designed to be carried with you on your summit attempts. Each
route is clearly shown with 40-foot contours (1:24,000 scale) on a single
waterproof and nearly-indestructible sheet that you can fold down and
carry in your pocket.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Climbing
Mt.
Rainier & South Cascades Fishing Guide:
Mt. Rainier National Park & South Cascades Lakes and Streams
by Dave Shorett
April 1998,
Paperback, 144 pages, (guidebook)
Describes
more than 55 streams and 165 lakes with necessary information on
campgrounds, accommodations, regulations, fishing techniques, time of year
to fish, fly shops, and ranger stations.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Activities
A
Pocket Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of Mount Rainier
by Joe Dreimiller
September 1999,
Paperback, 128 pages, (field guide)
Compact guide to help identify common plants
and animals found in the Park.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Attractions
Rainier
Panorama
by Will Landon (Photographer)
March Photographed over a period of
twenty-four years, this portrait of Mount Rainier National Park is made in
sweeping panoramas of up to 360 degrees, close-ups and ultra-wide
panoramas of intimate scenes.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Attractions
Road
Guide To Mount Rainier National Park
by Barbara Decker, Robert Decker
April 1996,
Paperback, 48 pages, (guidebook)
A guided tour of the major sights and
features.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Accommodations
Sunrise
to Paradise: The Story of Mount
Rainier National Park
by Ruth Kirk
March 1999,
Paperback or Hardcover,
152 pages, (non-fiction)
The book ranges widely, if not too
deeply, into just about everything to do with a remarkable natural
landscape capped by the this mountain that soars higher above its
immediate base than does any other in the lower forty-eight. Topics
include local animals, the history and nature of volcanic activity, the
politics of the name "Rainier," environmental changes. and human
interaction with the mountain.
Washington's
Mount Rainier National Park: A Centennial Celebration
by Tim McNulty, Pat O'Hara
March 2000, Mountaineers Books, Paperback
or Hardcover,
144 pages, (non-fiction)
In this, the official book of the
centennial, Pat O'Hara and Tim McNulty view the mountain through all its
facets: from the geologic and climatic forces that continue to shape it,
to the rich legacy of humans' relationship with it, to its delicate
ecosystems and what will be needed to protect them for the future.
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page: Mount
Rainier - History
A
Year in Paradise: A Personal
Experience of Living on Mount Rainier in the Early 1900's
by Floyd Wilfred Schmoe
July In the centennial year of Mount Rainier
National Park, The Mountaineers Books brings back into print this classic
memoir of Mount Rainier through the seasons of 1920.
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page: Mount
Rainier - Web Sites
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