The Washington State Hiking Podcast
Welcome to the The Washington State Hiking Podcast with your host, Jennie Thwing Flaming. Along with part time co-host and guidebook author Craig Romano, she provides practical and timely seasonal hiking advice for hikers, trail runners and potential hikers of all skill and ability levels that is practical, accurate, fun and inclusive. We cover hikes near Seattle and Tacoma as well as hikes all across Washington from the rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula to the Shrub Steppe of Eastern Washington. Jennie is a middle aged, plus sized, frequently solo slow hiker and a born and raised Washingtonian and has enjoyed Washington's trails her entire life. Craig is a trail runner and ultra marathoner who also loves the mellow walk close to home. Originally from New Hampshire, he has made his home in Washington for more than 30 years. He the author of more than 20 guidebooks covering trails across Washington State and beyond.
Episodes
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Jennie and Craig discuss bootlegged trails - what they are and some of the complex issues around them.
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Jennie and Craig talk about how to evaluate river crossings and how to ford rivers safely in Washington State.
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Mushroom expert River Augenstein sits down with Jennie to share about the secret world of Fungi and mushrooms and how hikers can learn to identify and forage for them as well as some of his favorite mushrooms and where to find them.
Thank you to the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau for sponsoring this week's episode!
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Craig shares reflections on this year's record fire season and some places that are so far less impacted for hikers.
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Denice from the Bronze Chapter joins Jennie and Craig to share about her work teaching outdoor skills and belonging to People of Color in the North Sound and beyond.
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Craig shares his favorite urban hikes in Bellingham with Jennie.
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Jennie and Craig share their favorite hikes of the summer so far and Craig shares his first time hiking Mailbox Peak!
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Christian Martin from the North Cascades Institute sits down with Jennie and Craig to talk about the natural and cultural history of the North Cascades and he and Craig share their favorite North Cascades hikes.
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Craig shares dreamy coastal hikes in Whatcom County that Jennie has mostly never heard of!
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Coach April Katz joins Jennie and Craig to share resources for hikers with disabilities and how hikers without disabilities can support hikers with disabilities on the trail.
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Jennie and Craig discuss their favorite loop hikes for day hikes and backpacking across Washington State.
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Long time WTA Trail crew leader Holly Weiler sits down with Jennie and Craig to talk about the diversity and solitude and epic hikes to do in Northeast Washington.
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Tobi Iverson, writer of the screenplay, Wild Woman of the Woods, sits down Jennie and Craig to share her journey of discovering her Indigenous history and creating a Screenplay based on what she learned from an ancestor's journals and how can we connect more deeply to the land as hikers.
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Shelly Steves from the Tri County Economic Development District joins Jennie and Craig to talk about remote Northeastern Washington and she and Craig discuss their favorite places to stay, campgrounds, hiking trails and places to eat after a hike.
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Andy Dappen, founder of Wenatchee Outdoors, sits down with Jennie and Craig to talk about his life adventuring in the Wenatchee area, his 70 for 70 challenge for his 70th birthday, advocating for public lands and his favorite trails for hikers in Wenatchee.
Our sponsor for the month of May is the Oregon Coast Visitor's Association- thank you!
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Jennie and Craig share their best advice for driving on forest service roads and etiquette for sharing the road along with the worst forest service roads they've been on.
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Quick bonus episode to share some fun opportunities coming up to travel to Alaska with Jennie and Meet Craig at a book talk as well as his new book, Day Hiking the Olympic Peninsula - the new edition was just released!
Please send us your questions - we're going to do some fun trail check in episodes later this summer and we'd love to hear from you!
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Jennie and Craig sit down with Connie Soper, author of Hiking the Oregon Coast Trail to talk about hiking the Oregon Coast trail in a series of day hikes and her process of hiking the whole trail and writing a guide.
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Jennie and Craig talk about some wonderful hikes on the Oregon Coast beyond the most famous areas around Cannon Beach.
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Tom Sanford from the North Olympic Land Trust sits down with Jennie to share his favorite secret trails around the Olympic Peninsula that are never crowded and hold the same treasures as other more famous trails.
North Olympic Land Trust Trail Guide
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