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Washington Trails Magazine
Washington Trails Association publishes a magazine 10 times per year, available to members and on selected newsstands. The website offers selected content.
Washington Trails magazine is the state’s premier hiking
magazine.
In each issue, you’ll find articles on hiking destinations, how-to advice, local flora and fauna, hiking news and what’s new at Washington Trails Association. Each month you'll also find stunning photos and a selection of great hikes from our web site.
Membership in Washington Trails Association provides you with a one-year subscription to Washington Trails, which is published ten times per year. To subscribe, click here.
- Fabulous Fall Hikes
- Taking Bus and Bike to the Trailhead
- Hiking Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness
- Gear: Water Treatment Options
- Viewing Elk in Washington
- and much more...
Below, you'll find a selection of featured articles from the magazine. But in order to receive all the useful content in the magazine, you’ll want to become a WTA member today.
Washington Trails magazine can also be purchased at retail outlets, including bookstores, newsstands and REI stores in Washington and Oregon.
Washington Trails is a grassroots magazine: most of our articles and photos are submitted by volunteers. If you're interested in submitting to our magazine, please read our Contributors' Guidelines.
Interested in advertising in Washington Trails? View our rate sheet here.
Bus + Bike + Hike
A summer spent getting to trailheads by transit and mountain bike
Autumn Hikes
The pleasures of hiking during the turn of seasons
Working for Trails
Corporate trail work parties empower employees to give back to our wildlands
Cleaning Water
A new lightweight filter from MSR, plus other options for clear water
Finding the Herds
Not just hunters are fascinated with Washington’s elk
Sisters in Oregon
One of Oregon’s most renowned hikes loops through the Three Sisters Wilderness
A Sense of Wonder
The joys and challenges of hiking Mount Rainier's Wonderland Trail with kids
A Royal Trip
A volunteer's tale of a WTA Backcountry Response Team to Royal Basin
Good as Gold
Golden Horn offers a treasure trove of climbing, skiing and hiking
High-Tech Hiking
Geocaching gets techies into the outdoors.
Marmot Tales
Inside the life of those whistling kings of the alpine high country
Stoves for the Trail
We test three of the new lightweight canister stoves
Forest Service Plans for Dose
Three alternatives proposed for washed-out Dosewallips Road
Weekends in the North Cascades
WTA works on trails and helps build friendships in the Mount Baker region
Walking the Summit
A backpacking trip on the Chelan Summit Trail during fire season
