Trip Planning

Trail conditions, weather, wildfire and terrain all factor in to a safe and enjoyable experience in the backcountry. You'll find resources in the dropdown menu or on this page to help you plan a successful trip. If you're not finding what you need or there's a resource that's not listed, please let us know! It's easy to change things up to make this a better tool.

CalTopo - Powerful trip planning tools and high quality maps. USGS and USFS topos, aerial imagery, printing to geospatial PDFs, exporting to KMZ and MBTiles.

Hillmap - Provides a split-level map view with slope and distance estimation for backcountry skiers, boarders, climbers and hikers.

Oregon Hikers - A guide for hiking in Oregon and Southern Washington.

Weather - Know before you go.

Wildfire Safety - Various wildfire and smoke resources for the U.S. The NWCC site doesn't work well embedded within this site, but you can right click a link on the page and open it in another tab of your browser.

Washington Trails Association - WTA mobilizes hikers and everyone who loves the outdoors to explore, steward and champion trails and public lands.