"The '100 Hikes' series had two missions: to educate people about the amazing places to hike in this state, and to build a community of people willing to speak up for and protect those places. After reading through some of the new 'Day Hiking' guide, it's clear that the mission continues." "Having seen at least a dozen hiking guidebooks for Southwest Washington, I can say that this one rates at or near the top. It packs a lot of information into a compact package… [Dan Nelson has] a lively writing style. He gets right to the point of each trail's attraction with-out spending a lot of time giving mile-by-mile descriptions." "Hot new series." "The Mountaineers Books new Day Hiking series of guide books is a worthy successor to the classic Washington hiking guides authored by the late Harvey Manning and Ira Spring… [The] Day Hiking series was designed and written with the needs of hikers in mind." A prolific team, with series titles on Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass, Nelson and Bauer have assumed the mantle of Washington guidebook authors extraordinaire. Washington is where the 100-hikes genre began, so it's a weighty crown to wear. They wear it well, though, including another favorite, "Best Desert Hikes: Washington."