Seattle Times profiles a bunch of Cascades-centric outdoors guides, including:

(4.5 stars) “WOW (Wonder of Wilderness) Guides: North Cascades,” by Kathy and Craig Copeland (Wilderness Press, $21.95)

The husband-wife team, who in 1996 published “Don’t Waste Your Time in the North Cascades,” provides a splendid new take on that premise with this full-color guide to 50 hikes (40 of them day hikes) to grand destinations north of Highway 2.

Maps are clear but basic, and surprisingly the trips are not rated, a departure from their previous book. (Maybe they’re all fives, and based on my past experience exploring these routes, that could be the case.) Other than these minor quibbles, this is a sensational guide for summer and fall hikes.

Whole bunch more Wilderness Press titles here.