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Volunteer Vacations p.17 Waterfall Hikes p.41 Lost and Found p.50 WASHINGTON TRAILS March + April 2012 » A Publication of Washington Trails Association www.wta.org » $4.50 Explore Your State Parks Honoring our Park Rangers Road Trip: Quimper Peninsula Stay Dry in New Rain Gear This Month’s Cover » Balsamroot at sunset, Steptoe Butte State Park Photo by Kevin McNeal Mar+Apr 2012 Volume 48 Issue 2 14 20 41 News + Views NW Explorer Take a Hike The Front Desk » Karen Daubert Our State Parks » John Floberg Where the Water Falls » A fortunate occurrence » p.4 Explore the hidden gems within the Early spring river and waterfall hikes State Parks system and plan to visit a few across the state » p.41 The Signpost » Eli Boschetto this spring » p.20 Honoring our park rangers » p.5 Featured Trail » Arlen Bogaards NW Weekend » Lauren Braden Check out the new tread in Larrabee Trail Talk » Sarah Rich Hidden hikes, good eats and so much State Park » p.49 From volunteer to crew leader: Q&A with more around Marrowstone Island » p.25 Arlen Bogaards » p.7 A Walk on the Wild Side » Tami Asars Reflections » Stacy Czebotar The backcountry lost and found » p.50 Hiking News » Dreams are dashed when economic State parks fee-free days » p.8 recession hits state park rangers » p.28 Wilderness permits available now » p.9 Perspective » Andrew Coghill A closer look at the lives of park rangers; Backcountry a tribute to Margaret Anderson » p.10 The Gear Closet » Rain Gear Get ready for soggy spring hikes with this selection of high performance wear » p.32 WTA at Work Nature on Trail » Sylvia Feder Trail Work » Sarah Rich From the rivers to the sea, there’s otters Fun on the job: Joining a Volunteer in the water » p.36 Vacation or BCRT this summer » p.14 Snapshot » Buff Black Youth on Trails » Krista Dooley Capturing silky waterfall images » p.39 Spring break trips are coming » p.18 Trail Eats » Sarah Kirkconnell Action for Trails » Kindra Ramos Don’t cook in the rain—try one of these Hiker Lobby Day wrap-up » p.19 easy no-cook meals » p.40 32 Find WTA online at wta.org or call us at (206) 625-1367. © 2012 Washington Trails Association March + April 2012 » Washington Trails About Us « 3 WASHINGTON TRAILS WTA Highlights » Staff Picks: What was your all-time favorite hiking road trip? A few items we just had to share. Board of Directors President ROB SHURTLEFF VP, Advocacy STEPHEN TAN VP, Board Development CRAIG MCKIBBEN VP, Fundraising CAROLE BIANQUIS – Bryce and Zion Canyons, UT Treasurer DOUG BRECKEL Secretary KATE ROGERS LISA BLACK, JEFF CHAPMAN Harts Pass, North Cascades, WA AMY CSINK, TODD DUNFIELD St. George, Bryce and Zion, UT LAURIE HARTSHORN, WENDY WHEELER JACOBS – Bell Canyon, Goblin Valley, UT JERRY KEPPLER, KEN MONDAL DAMIEN MURPHY, BILL POPE Mt. Shasta, Lassen and Castle Crags, CA Advisory Board Susan Ball, Mark Boyar, Joan Burton Bill Chapman, Karl Forsgaard, Kevin Hall Over 50 hiker activists came out on a Ken Konigsmark, Ken Mondal, Tom Lucas blue sky Hiker Lobby Day on February 1. Margaret Macleod, Susan Saul, John Spring Staff Executive Director KAREN DAUBERT – Lewis & Clark Trail, WA Advocacy Director JONATHAN GUZZO – Badlands, Black Hills and Wind Cave, SD Bookkeeper DEB HEMINGWAY – Yachats, Cape Lookout, Oregon Coast, OR Chief Crew Leader MIKE OWENS Communications & Outreach Director LAUREN BRADEN – Staircase, Escalante, UT Development Director REBECCA LAVIGNE – Pacific Rim Reserve, Canada Editor ELI BOSCHETTO – Yoho, Banff and Jasper, Canada Engagement Manager KINDRA RAMOS – Redwoods and North Coast, CA Field Director ALAN CARTER MORTIMER Membership Manager KARA CHIN Membership Assistant KIM BROWN – Republic, Sanpoil River, Grand Coulee, WA NW Washington Crew Leader ARLEN BOGAARDS Office Manager JULIE CASSATA – Chicago, Badlands, Yellowstone, Seattle Program Assistant SARAH RICH – Glencoe Highlands, Scotland Project Coordinator TIM VAN BEEK – Pariah Canyon and Canyonlands, UT WTA Fireside Circle members on a SW Washington Regional Coordinator RYAN OJERIO – Pictured Rocks, MI winter hike in Twin Falls State Park Volunteer Coordinator ALYSSA KREIDER with Executive Director Karen Daubert. Web Editor SUSAN ELDERKIN – Ice Age Trail, WA Youth Programs Manager KRISTA DOOLEY – Hell’s Canyon, OR Washington Trails Association was founded by Louise B. Marshall (1915–2005). Ira Spring (1918–2003) Washington Trails Volunteers was its primary supporter. Greg Ball (1944–2004) Point Reyes, Giant Redwoods, CA founded the volunteer trail maintenance program. Copy Editors JIM CAVIN, REBECCA KETTWIG Their spirit continues today through contributions Editorial Intern ANDREW COGHILL Winds, Jackson Hole and Yellowstone, WY from thousands of WTA members and volunteers. Gear Team CHERIE BEVERS, CHERI HIGMAN, PATRICK LEAHY Mapmaker MARK CANIZARO – Crater Lake, OR Crescent Lake, Sol Duc, Rialto Beach, WA Washington Trails Vol. 48, Issue 2 Owner & Publisher WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION Our Mission Washington Trails (ISSN 1534-6366) is published Washington Trails Association is a volunteer- bimonthly by the Washington Trails Association, 705 Second Ave, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104. driven nonprofit membership organization Annual membership dues, which include a working to preserve, enhance and promote subscription to Washington Trails magazine, are $40. hiking opportunities in Washington state Single copy price is $4.50. Periodicals postage paid at through collaboration, education, advocacy Seattle, WA and at additional mailing locations. and trail maintenance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Washington Trails Association, 705 Second Ave., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104. March + April 2012 » Washington Trails News+Views The Front Desk » Back on the Trail As I sat at my desk in WTA’s downtown coffee, at Volunteer Appreciations, at Hiker office just after the new year, a dark realization Lobby Day and at WTA’s Open House. You crept over me. Since I had come on board as have let me pepper you with questions, given executive director in October, I had not set foot me invaluable feedback, and made me feel so on a single trail. My avid love of hiking was the welcome at this terrific organization. Thank primary reason I was drawn to the job. you. I also feel lucky that the individuals on WTA’s board and advisory board have provided Like many of you, I turn to WTA’s online a wealth of support. I have had the pleasure of Trip Reports for inspiration on where to go. A meeting with and learning from them all. report on the Ruby Beach Trail on the west Olympic Peninsula caught my eye, and soon my And lest I forget the numerous land husband, Jared, and I were off for a weekend managers throughout the state—and I have met of exploring. Saturday, we walked the beach many these past few months. These dedicated from Kalaloch Lodge, enjoying the sights of the professionals care deeply about our public rugged Olympic Coast. That evening it snowed. spaces, the visitors and their employees, and Rising before sunrise, we found the beach they are constantly working to improve the covered in a blanket of white. With coffee in outdoor experiences we have on these lands. hand, we retraced our steps from the afternoon before in a transformed landscape. Then, to Indeed, every day as WTA’s new executive our amazement, the clouds parted and sun director has been a pleasure. Yet as the shone through. winter months are passing and the days are stretching longer and longer now, my boots are Marveling over the sun-drenched coastal once again itching to get out onto the trail. snowscape, we came upon a fellow hiker who had visited Kalaloch every winter for the last I’ve just started a monthly “Hike with Karen.” fifty years. She told us that in all those visits, Yes, it is a ploy to get myself out hiking, but she had never seen it snow on the beach there. it’s a ploy to get you out, too! I hope I will Karen We told her it was our first visit to Kalaloch— meet many of you in the coming year on one of Daubert and she suggested that we run out and buy a these hikes. If you’d like to go hiking with me, Executive Director lottery ticket! drop me a line at [email protected] [email protected] Good luck must be following me around lately. These past few months, I feel very fortunate to have met so many of you—over March + April 2012 » Washington Trails News + Views « 5 The Signpost » On a lighter note, you've probably noticed a few News+Views changes in the pages of Washington Trails—new “I Love Rangers!” features, new This is my wife Mitzi’s exclamation at the faded into obscurity, no longer stewards to conclusion of most any interaction with a park their parks, and icons to the public? departents. ranger—from the one who kindly assists us with our wilderness permit, to the one who When we lose a ranger, we lose an We've got takes the time to explain the intricate details invaluable resource. There's one less person of the construction of a 12,000-foot pass on the to assist us with our questions or camp sites; some exciting John Muir Trail. Interpretive hikes in Glacier, to explain the behaviors of bats or bears or nature programs in Yellowstone, campfire chats eagles or bugs; to lead us on interpretive hikes, things in at the bottom of the Grand Canyon—she loves detailing the geography, geology or history them all. And I completely agree. of our surroundings; to educate our children store, so stay in being good stewards of nature; to assist in When I was growing up, I never idolized finding lost hikers on mountains; or to help tuned..