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The Hiker Quiz! Test your wilderness trivia knowledge Quiz by Gary Zink and Jan Klippert

Trail trivia The hikers I know tend to like trivial knowledge. Important things, but 1. After the Columbia River and the tiny things. Like how to get to that Sacramento River, this river is the third little alpine tarn by following those largest-volume river on the west coast 22 switchbacks, taking a right at of the contiguous . An the junction with Trail 10054-21, astonishing 387 glaciers and more than and ascending 253.3 feet to a small 2,900 streams that feed this river. It’s the cairn, turning right... well, you get largest watershed in Puget Sound. Name the idea. the river: ______Get a group of hikers together, and 2. The two glaciers on either side of the they’ll share stories, little tidbits of Muir snowfield on are: information, and trivia. Where’s the world’s largest ? Who a. Emmons and Winthrop named Spark Plug Mountain? What b. Paradise and Nisqually the heck is a Noisy-Diobsud? c. Kautz and Nisqually Our trails and wildlands are packed 3. What’s the common name for the bird with all sorts of interesting factoids. that steals the cookie you set down on And leave it to two seasoned hiking a rock next to you? ______veterans—Jan Klippert and Gary ______Zink—to test the rest of us. They’ve 4. Name the evergreen tree with the clocked thousands of miles on trail, drooping top that is ’s official whether hiking or sawing out blow- state tree: ______downs. These guys know their stuff. So sharpen your number 2 pencils 5. Name the three most common North- and see if you’re any match for their west alpine flowers whose names end in wits.—Andrew Engelson “lily.” ______, ______, and ______.

April 2007 WASHINGTON TRAILS The Hiker Quiz

14. The sound of seedpods, not 20. This well known champion of trails snakes, gave ______and a WTA founder is memorialized on a Ledge in the Cascade foothills its rebuilt route which leads to the summit name. WTA recently built a new trail of Bandera Mountain: ______here. ______15. At the summit of Mailbox Peak, 21. Formerly the Burlington Northern west of Snoqualmie Pass, you’ll find: railroad across Stevens Pass, this trail a. a mailbox was reconstructed by volunteer organi- b. fire hydrant zations as a hiking route between Scenic c. a ladder and “the tunnel.” ______d. all of the above ______6. This peak in 16. This mountain, named after the 22. A newly designated trail from Ya- is named for the highest mountain in collected in its west-facing kima to Ohanapecosh celebrates the Greece, traditionally regarded as the gullies, can be seen from I-5 east of work and life of this celebrated Yakima heavenly abode of the gods and the Everett and is accessed from Trail 641: resident and champion of wilderness throne of Zeus: ______a. Three Fingers and conservation: ______7. This mountain pass was named after b. White Horse Mountain ______Washington’s first territorial governor: c. Big Four Mountain 23. This 93-mile trail completely circum- ______17. The abbreviated name for the navigates Mount Rainier: ______8. What kind of trout is the official Wash- 2,650-mile national scenic trail ______ington state fish? stretching across the crest of Califor- nia, Washington and Oregon is the a. bull trout ______. b. rainbow trout c. steelhead 18. A champion of trail maintenance is now memorialized by this trail to Wal- 9. Washington state’s official flower can lace Lake: ______often be found lining the trail to Buck- horn Peak in the Olympics. What is it? 19. Once built by a Verlot CCC team ______during the 1930s, this trail was recon- structed in the 1990s by a member of 10. This non-evergreen mountain tree that original CCC team after he retired: is different from most conifers because ______it is deciduous—that is, it loses its needles each fall. It withstands very cold temperatures (to -50 degrees F) and turns bright yellow in the fall. What is it? Where are we? Match the locations on the left and right. ______

11. Name the river and village on Lake 24. Three Prune Camp: ______Chelan whose name means “the way a. 25. The Bailey Range: ______through.” ______b. On the southwest shoulder of 26. Dirty Harry’s Balcony: ______12. The highest mountain in Washing- near Park Butte ton that is not a volcano (or part of 27. Irving Pass and Poe c. Lake Washington Mountain: ______one) is: d. A high route between The Cat 28. Takoma: ______a. Mount Shuksan Walk and Dodwell-Rixon Pass. b. Bonanza Peak 29. Kulshan: ______e. Skyline Trail, Olympics c. 30. The Railroad Grade: _____ f. Mount St. Helens 13. What is the popular name of the val- 31. Mount Louwala, or Loo-wit: g. Poets Ridge ley where a hiker would find Jewel, Opal, _____ h. Mount Baker Emerald, Jade and Locket Lakes? 32. Pa-toe, also known as Mount i. A trail near North Bend a. West Fork Foss Klickitat: ______j. Mount Rainier b. 33. At-sar-kal, or D’wamish: _____ c. Necklace Valley

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Trail Mix: Fill the blanks on the left with the correct answer on the right:

34. ______and ______Lakes located west of the PCT near Scrabble Mountain in Snohomish County, a. Wild Sky reminded early map makers of things that might be found at coffee or afternoon tea. b. Valhalla 35. A map maker surveying a ridge Hiking Heroes: leading to Excelsior Pass, Trail 625 People and Trails in Washington in Whatcom County, saw two small 44. ______was the first su- lakes. When asked the names of the perintendent of the U. S. Forest Service. lakes the surveyor replied gruffly c. Rainy His name was given to Washington’s “______!” Today they are Columbia National Forest in 1949. known by his answer. 45. The energy of guidebook author 36. ______Pass, at elevation 7,800 ______helped create feet, in the , is the Issaquah Alps. He also founded the named after the citadel of the gods in d. Spark Plug Conservation Council. Norse mythology. 46. ______was a founder of 37. , Gnome Tarn, and Nada WTA and a great supporter of creating Lake are all found in the ______the PCT. She was also the first editor of ______. e. Damfino Signpost magazine. 38. ______is the name of the pro- 47. ______, a botanist from posed wilderness east of Index, which Scotland, walked and canoed 6,037 miles will include Skykomish Peak, Mount of Washington and Oregon between Baring and Kodak Peak. 1825 and 1826 and identified pseudo- 39. ______mountain near Wash- f. Aasgard tsuga Menziesi, a tree whose common ington Pass, visible from the North name honors this explorer. Cascades Highway, has the same name 48. Washington’s U.S. Senator ______as a high school in Winthrop/Twisp. ______helped pass the , as well as guiding pas- 40. ______Pass, where the PCT g. Chelan/Sawtooth Summit sage of North Cascades National Park. crosses the North Cascades Highway, might also describe ’s weather. A wilderness area is named for him. 41. A prospector in the North Cascades 49. California writer and conservationist named his mule ______, after ______is honored with comic strip character Barney Google’s h. Cup and Saucer the name of a permanent camp at eleva- race horse. He then gave a lake and a tion 10,000 feet on Mount Rainier. mountain the same name. 50. Mount ______is a 5,478- 42. Lake ______, north of Stevens foot mountain to the west of Mount Rainier, named for the family members Pass on the PCT, is easily accessible i. Liberty Bell from Smith Brook Road, and received of climbers Mesler and LaWall, who first its name from Norse mythology: the summitted the peak in 1897. They named place where Odin received the souls of it by combining the first letters of their heroes slain in battle. family members’ names: Alex, Burgon, Clara, Elizabeth, Isabel, Jessie and Lucy. 43. ______Trail intrigues the hiker j. Enchantments Rearrange the first letters a,b,c,e, i, j, and with such places as Summer Blossom, l to find the answer. Merchant Basin and Purple Mountain. Answers on the next page!

April 2007 WASHINGTON TRAILS Answers to the Hiker Quiz, p. 19-21

1. 23. Wonderland Trail 2. (b) Paradise Glacier to the east, 24. (e) Skyline Trail, Olympics Nisqually Glacier to the West 25. (d) A high trail between The Cat- 3. camp robber (there are two species walk and Dodwell-Rixon Pass generally referred to as “camp rob- 26. (i) A trail near North Bend bers”: gray jays (Perisoreus canadensis) 27. (g) Poets Ridge found at lower elevations and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) 28. (j) Mount Rainier found at higher elevations. 29. (h) Mount Baker 4. western hemlock 30. (b) On the southwest shoulder of 5. avalanche lily, glacier lily and tiger Mount Baker near Park Butte lily 31. (f) Mount St. Helens 6. Mount Olympus 32. (a) Mount Adams 7. Stevens Pass 33. (c) Lake Washington 8. (c) steelhead 34. (h) Cup and Saucer 9. coast (or Pacific) rhododendron 35. (j) Damfino (Rhododendron macrophyllum) 36. (f) Aasgard 10. Western larch 37. (j) Enchantments 11. Stehekin 38. (a) Wild Sky 12. Bonanza Peak (9,511 feet) 39. (i) Liberty Bell 13. (c) Necklace Valley 40. (c) Rainy 14. Rattlesnake 41. (d) Spark Plug 15. (d) all of the above. The fire hydrant 42. (b) Valhalla was hauled up by a hiker to honor the 43. (g) Chelan/Sawtooth Summit firefighters killed in 9-11. 44. Gifford Pinchot 16. (a) Three Fingers 45. 17. PCT or 46. Louise Marshall 18. Greg Ball 47. David Douglas 19. Walt Bailey Trail 48. Henry M. Jackson 20. Ira Spring 49. John Muir 21. Iron Goat Trail 50. Beljica 22. William O. Douglas

Count one point for each correct answer, then find your score below... 1 to 10. You’re a Tenderfoot just beginning to explore the riches of Northwest trails. There’s a lot to learn! 11 to 20. A Day Hiker with some acquaintance with the high country. 21 to 30. Congratulations! You’re an Overnighter quite familiar with the rich heritage of Washington’s trails 31 to 40. You know your trivia! You’re a Trekker who has a deep knowldege of Washington’s backcountry. 41 to 50. Wow. You’re a Thru-Hiker and a true expert on the history and ecology of our trail system. Ira, Harvey and Louise would be proud!

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